Translation Please, Governor
“Si fractus illabutur orbis, impavidum ferient ruinae.”
— The motto of London Mayor Boris Johnson in the “Proust Questionnaire” of the June 2012 issue of Vanity Fair
(Editor’s Note: Apropos of the May Revision)
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If the world fractures, he is fearless of the ruins.
Comment by Mike M. — 5.11.2012 @ 11:30 pm
“Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, / In ruin and confusion hurled, / He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, / And stand secure amidst a falling world.” (Odes 3.3.7-8, translated by Joseph Addison.)
Comment by Jennifer — 5.14.2012 @ 8:38 am