How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #10
Perhaps ambition used too sharp a goad
It drove us to these heights from which we swing
Hacked at by greedy starlings on the wing,
Like horses' droppings on a country road. (3.9.293-296)
Attack of the figurative language! First of all, we get ambition personified, poking at people with a goad to make them want more and more. Then the greedy, ambitious people are compared to horse manure, that greedy flying birds pick at.