Paper 2 Macbeth + The Prince
Macbeth: "I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself and falls on the other" (Act 1, Scene 7).
Macbeth - Act 1 (Ambition/Power)
Lady Macbeth: "Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without, The illness should attend it".
Macbeth - Act 1 (Good & Evil)
The Witches: "Fair is foul, and foul is fair".
Macbeth - Act 1 (Good & Evil)
Witches (crowned child apparition): "Macbeth shall never vanquished be until / Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill / Shall come against him."
Macbeth - Act 4 (Destiny/Fortune)
Witches: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes."
Macbeth - Act 4 (Destiny/Fortune)
Witches: "None of woman born Shall harm Macbeth."
Macbeth - Act 4 (Destiny/Fortune)
Macbeth: "I'll fight, till from my bones my flesh be hacked. Give me my armor" (Act 5, Scene 3).
Macbeth - Act 5 (Ambition/Power)
Macduff: "Either thou, Macbeth, Or else my sword, with an unbattered edge, I sheathe again undeeded." (Act 5, Scene 6).
Macbeth - Act 5 (Ambition/Power)
"A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.".
The Prince - Chapter 18 (Ambition/Power)
"Although a prince need not have all the good qualities that I have mentioned, it is most necessary for him to appear to have them.".
The Prince - Chapter 18 (Good & Evil)
"If all men were good, this rule would not stand. But as men are wicked and not prepared to keep their word to you, you have no need to keep your word to them.".
The Prince - Chapter 18 (Good & Evil)
"as it is difficult to combine love and fear, if one has to choose between them it is far safer to be feared than loved.".
The Prince - Chapter 18 (Good & Evil)
"Your best fortress is not to be hated by the people".
The Prince - Chapter 20 (Ambition/Power)
"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively.".
The Prince - Chapter 25 (Ambition/Power)
"Fortune is the arbiter of one-half of our actions, but she still leaves us to direct the other half, or perhaps a little less." (Chapter 25)
The Prince - Chapter 25 (Destiny/Fortune)
"Fortune, as men say, is a woman; and if you wish to keep her under, you must beat and ill-use her."
The Prince - Chapter 25 (Destiny/Fortune)
"I say that the good fortune of the prince is what comes to him from the sky, but that it is necessary to be well prepared to receive it. " (Chapter 25)
The Prince - Chapter 25 (Destiny/Fortune)
"Harm them just a little and they'll hit back; harm them seriously and they won't be able to".
The Prince - Chapter 3 (Ambition/Power)