“Ah! what fury! alas! mankind, alas! dread Promethean skill!”
O furor, o homines diraeque Prometheos artes!
Source: Thebaid, Book XI, Line 468 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
“… alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.”
— Lloyd Alexander, book The Castle of Llyr
Source: The Castle of Llyr
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