Polyphemus Quotes

• Polyphemus stiffened. "Who said that?" "Nobody!" Annabeth yelled. That got exactly the reaction she'd been hoping for. The monster's face turned red with rage. "Nobody!" Polyphemus yelled back. "I remember you!" "You're too stupid to remember anybody," Annabeth taunted. "Much less Nobody.

  Rick Riordan

  Stupid, Remember You, Remembers You

  Rick Riordan (2013). “Percy Jackson: The Complete Series”, p.416, Penguin UK

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• The mob is a monster, with the hands of Briareus, but the head of Polyphemus,--strong to execute, but blind to perceive.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Strong, Hands, Monsters

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). "L.P.", p.181

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• A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which for want of sight is of no use to him.

  Joseph Addison

  Strong, Men, Sight

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1853). “The Spectator”, p.130

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• History without the history of science, to alter slightly an apothegm of Lord Bacon, resembles a statue of Polyphemus without his eye-that very feature being left out which most marks the spirit and life of the person. My own thesis is complementary: science taught ... without a sense of history is robbed of those very qualities that make it worth teaching to the student of the humanities and the social sciences.

  I. Bernard Cohen

  Life, Teaching, Eye

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• Las partes más grandes, sin la discreción observada por un escritor elegante, pueden ser fatales para su dueño; como Polifemo, privado de sus ojos, sólo estaba más expuesto a causa de su enorme fuerza y estatura.

  Joseph Addison

  Eye, May, Owners

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• Makes us appreciate blessing, not be greedy and mean and fat like Polyphemus.

  Rick Riordan

  Mean, Blessing, Appreciate

  Rick Riordan (2007). "El mar de los monstruos", Disney-Hyperion

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• Percy, we're going to Polyphemus' island! Polyphemus is an S-i-k...a C-y-k..." She stamped her foot in frustration. As smart as she was, Annabeth was dyslexic, too. We could've been there all night while she tried to spell Cyclops. "You know what I mean!

  Rick Riordan

  Smart, Mean, Frustration

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