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单词 to be true to oneself
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to be true to oneself
to be true to oneself: to be faithful to one's own character or principles without being unduly influenced by the behaviour or opinions of others. Also in figurative contexts.
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1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Poet. Ess. sig. F That deceipt is but a cauiller, And true vnto it selfe can neuer stand, But stil must with her owne conclusions war.
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 78 This aboue all, to thy owne selfe be true,..Thou canst not then be false to any one.
1660 T. Hall Samaria's Downfall 97 All the Devils in hell, and all the men in the world could not hurt us, if wee were but true to ourselves.
1704 R. Wake Courage & Sincerity 25 The Church is true to herself; her Tenets are fixt and unchangeable.
1754 S. Fielding & J. Collier Cry III. v. iv. 235 No outward circumstances.., had you been but true to yourself, could have staggered my faithful constancy.
1820 London Rev. Sept. 245/2 Alas! I have not always been true to myself.
1858 Harper's Mag. Jan. 217/2 To be true to society, and yet true to himself, is the problem of daily duty.
1921 A. A. Chown Stairway vi. 68 To be true to oneself is the great achievement.
2012 Sun (Nexis) 26 Apr. 11 O'Connor is the one Irish celebrity who has remained true to herself.
extracted from trueadj.n.adv.int.
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