Są wieki, w których nic się nie dzieje i lata, w których mijają wieki
There are centuries in which nothing happens and years in which centuries pass
Homero Aridjis Głębia: 9 | In 1991 “The Christian Science Monitor” published an interview with prominent Mexican novelist and poet Homero Aridjis who employed a variant saying without attribution in which centuries were compressed into a year: 5 The Columbus expedition provides a focal point to a year he sees as crucial in world history. “There are centuries in which nothing happens and years in which centuries pass. Fourteen ninety-two is a year of centuries,” he says.