Shakespeare search in Japanese?

[Richard Sadowsky]

I'm faced with trying to map a Shakespeare quote from Japanese to English.
This is it:

「安心、それが人間のもっとも身近にいる敵である」ウィリアム・シェークスピア

The problem is that it is widely quoted in Japanese on the Web, but no play
is ever named! So I'm wondering if it's a familiar misquote.

I've tried searching in English on "enemy", "foe" and "nearest" at a
Shakespeare site like the following, but no luck.

http://www.rhymezone.com/shakespeare/

Can anybody suss it out?
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Richard Sadowsky, Awajishima

[Richard Thieme]

I got a bunch of hits for "security is the chief enemy of mortals," but
could not find any more detailed attribution other than just Shakespeare.
Would be interested in knowing where he said this.

Regards,

Richard Thieme

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[Margaret Hender]

Is this it perhaps?

"Macbeth will then "spurn [ignore] fate, scorn death, and bear / His
hopes 'bove [above] wisdom, grace, and fear; / And you all know security
/ Is mortals' chiefest enemy" (ignore fate, mock or scorn death, become
arrogant, take his own opinions above wisdom, grace and fear and you all
know that complacency or false security is a person's worst enemy),
(Line 30). "

From: http://absoluteshakespeare.com/guides/macbeth/commentary/act_iii.htm

Margaret Hender

[David Hanna]

Richard,
It may be this one from Act III, Scene 5 of "Macbeth":

"And you all know, security is mortals' chiefest enemy."

Hoping that the hurly-burly is done,
David Hanna

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From: "Richard Sadowsky" <richard....@gmail.com>
To: "honyaku" <hon...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:08 PM
Subject: Shakespeare search in Japanese?

[Richard Sadowsky]

Dibbs to Richard Thieme and Margaret Hender! David Hanna, third.
Thank you, that is it for sure.
Did you just have to be familiar with the quote, or how did you find it?

Richard S.

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Richard Sadowsky, Awajishima

[Richard Thieme]

I tried a few things, complacency foe, security, enemy, and eventually hit
it.

I could not find the detailed citation however. I wonder if the others can
clue me in on what they did to find that.

Regards,

Richard Thieme

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From: "Richard Sadowsky" <richard....@gmail.com>

[Margaret Hender]

I'm certainly not a Shakespeare expert, but the quote sounded
familiar.....but to me the key concept is complacency, so I Googled the
keywords "shakespeare quote complacency danger".

Margaret Hender

[David Hanna]

I googled "security, Shakespeare, quote." The quote with the citation to
Act III, scene 5 of "Macbeth" came up. I then checked that quote in the
Riverside Shakespeare that I have on the bookshelf.

Best regards,
David Hanna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Sadowsky" <richard....@gmail.com>
To: <hon...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Shakespeare search in Japanese?

[Richard Sadowsky]

I never thought of the word "security" so working around it by Googling the
concept is a great idea!

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Richard Sadowsky, Awajishima