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In book III.3 of Finnegans Wake this is echoed as "kolossa kolossa! " [13] combining the original chant with Greek kolossa, colossal. [ 14 ] Christopher Gair sees the influence of this moment in the description in Jack Kerouac 's well-known 1957 novel On the Road , when the narrator Sal Paradise sees the Pacific Ocean for the first time: [ 15 ]
The phrase appears in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, where it is spoken by the character Zorba (played by Anthony Quinn), a colorful Greek with a zest for life. Zorba has insinuated himself into the employ of Basil , a bookish Englishman who has inherited a mine in Crete. In a boat on their way to the island, Basil asks Zorba if he is married.
Inspirational Quotes About Success "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." — Charles R. Swindoll “Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”—
Delos (/ ˈ d iː l ɒ s /; Greek: Δήλος; Attic Greek: Δῆλος, Doric Greek: Δᾶλος), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km 2 (1.32 sq mi) in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece.
Ah, home sweet home. A house is much more than a roof with four surrounding walls. It’s about the life we live there and anyone we might share it with — including furry family members, too ...
if you know how to use money, money is your slave; if you don't, money is your master: Written on an old Latin tablet in downtown Verona (Italy). pede poena claudo: punishment comes limping: That is, retribution comes slowly but surely. From Horace, Odes, 3, 2, 32. pendent opera interrupta: the works hang interrupted: From the Aeneid of Virgil ...
"33 Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' 34 But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God's throne; 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. 36 And do not swear by ...
Whether you're searching for a quote to write inside a card to your dad, a sentimental quote to share with a grandparent or just a funny family quote to make your mom laugh, these inspirational ...