Saturday, May 23, 2009

Saturday's Quote

I guess it's about time to bring in the bard on this feature. Here's a quote from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, offering a conclusion that is well worth remembering (and used very effectively by Edward R. Murrow in his reporting on Joseph McCarthy:

"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."

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