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.
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.
"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
That's great! I am surprised at how many lines in a row he goes. He has really good inflection too.Originally Posted by LA Ute
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.
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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