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    Boris Johnson

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    Boris Johnson recites extracts of "The Iliad" in Greek

    https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-...90?pfmredir=sm

    This guy is going to be interesting to watch, and probably a little fun sometimes too.

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    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
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    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    This is for Solon:

    Boris Johnson recites extracts of "The Iliad" in Greek

    https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-...90?pfmredir=sm

    This guy is going to be interesting to watch, and probably a little fun sometimes too.
    That's great! I am surprised at how many lines in a row he goes. He has really good inflection too.

    I think this is an old video since the caption shows him as Mayor of London.

    Boris is a little crazy. I like how England had a 2-month or whatever election cycle. The USA system is wearing me out.
    Selfishly, I'm hoping for a no-deal Brexit which tanks the pound and makes me able to afford a vacation to the UK next summer.
    σοφῷ ἀνδρὶ Ἑλλὰς πάντα.
    -- Flavius Philostratus, Life of Apollonius 1.35.2.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solon View Post
    That's great! I am surprised at how many lines in a row he goes. He has really good inflection too.

    I think this is an old video since the caption shows him as Mayor of London.
    It was hilarious how much fun he had interpreting the text. He had the audience laughing even though most of them couldn't understand a word he said.

    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
    --Yeats

    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

    --John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell

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