The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
What makes Shakespeare's observation sting is its refusal of the comfort that fate offers—that familiar excuse we reach for when life disappoints us. The real provocation lies in that word "underlings," which suggests we don't just fail occasionally through our own choices, but actively *choose* to remain small, to occupy a diminished place. When someone stays in an unrewarding job for years while blaming circumstance, or postpones a dream indefinitely while waiting for "the right moment," they're not victims of bad luck—they're active architects of their own limitation. The quote matters because it grants us something we pretend we don't want: complete responsibility, and therefore, complete possibility.
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