Saturday, February 25, 2012

Shakespeare for the Secure





Shakespeare has done it again! In a few eloquent words in Macbeth, he makes a profound statement about human tendency. This is one I could see myself starting to quote, I like it so much. Though no words say it better than his, the essence is that being overconfident is dangerous to because you get lax. The quote comes from Hecate, the leader of the witches in Macbeth.


She is telling her minion witches they ought to give Macbeth visions to make him think he is invincible, which they do, which leads to his downfall. Not only is this a neat, succinct description of an aspect of human nature, but it foreshadows Macbeth’s later downfall. Without further ado, in William's very own words, I present the quote:

“Security is mortals' chiefest enemy.”



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