Sunday, May 26, 2013

My Favorite Line from Julius Caesar

 
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus; and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings. (1.2.135)

Though I have yet to read this masterpiece, I do love the above. It's an uplifting message of self-empowerment through recognition that the ultimate control of one's fate lies in one's own hands, not in the stars or with God(s).  

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