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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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