"And why not?" said I instantly to myself. "Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he? And why should not I, then, expect as favourable a Success?"


A Voyage to the Moon, Chapter I (p. 15), Doubleday & McClure Co. 1849

Cyrano de Bergerac Quotes

And why not? said I instantly to myself. Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he? And...

And why not? said I instantly to myself. Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he? And...

And why not? said I instantly to myself. Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he? And...

And why not? said I instantly to myself. Prometheus heretofore went up to Heaven, and stole fire from thence. Have not I as much Boldness as he? And...