Constantine P. Cavafy Quotes

#1. And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it ...

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#2. When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge.

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#3. You will always end up in this city. Don't hope for things elsewhere:
there is no ship for you, there is no road.
As you've wasted your life here, in this small corner,
you've destroyed it everywhere else in the world

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#4. When you set out on you journey to Ithaka, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.

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#5. Have Ithaka always in your mind.
Your arrival there is what you are destined for.
But don't in the least hurry the journey.

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#6. When setting out upon your way to Ithaca,
wish always that your course be long,
full of adventure, full of lore.

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#7. And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

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#8. To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No ...

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#9. And now, what will become of us without the barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.

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#10. The days of the future stand in fornt of us
Like a line of candles all alight
Golden and warm and lively little candles
The days that are past are left behind

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#11. And now, what's going to happen to us without barbarians?
They were, those people, a kind of solution.

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#12. I have gazed so much on beauty
that my eyes overflow with it.

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#13. Hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.

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