Prometheus Quotes

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:46:04

Sorrow with me, Sorrowful one! Tell me, whose voice proclaims Things true and sad, Naming by all their old, unhappy names, What drove me mad--

Topics: Old Sorrow Sorrowful Voice ProclaimsThings Sad Naming Unhappy Names What Drove Mad--

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:44:49

Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:39:21

I take my cue from deeds, not words.

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:38:55

When one is wise, it's wisest to seem foolish.

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:38:36

Your speech is pompous sounding, full of pride, as fits the lackey of the Gods. You are young and young your rule and you think the tower in which you live is free from sorrow: from it have I not seen two tyrants thrown? The third, who now is king, I shall yet live to see him fall, of all three most suddenly, most dishonored. Do you think I will crouch before your Gods, -so new-and tremble? I am far from that

Topics: Live Think Free Seen Speech Pompous Sounding Pride Fits Lackey Gods Young Rule Tower Sorrow: Tyrants Thrown? King Fall Suddenly Dishonored Crouch Tremble?

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:37:56

'Oh, it is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:37:21

I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:36:58

Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:36:43

For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

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@Prometheus

Shared on AZProverbs.com on 2022-06-16 19:36:26

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life

Topics: Life Pain

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Prometheus

In Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan god of fire. Prometheus is best known for defying the gods by stealing fire from them and giving it to humanity in the form of technology, knowledge, and more generally, civilization. More on Wikipedia