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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1282 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1282
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION: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.
ATTRIBUTION:Julius Cæsar. Act i. Sc. 2.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.