Cavafy Quotes
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Cavafy Quotes & Sayings
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At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.
— Brian Tracy
The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles.
— C.P. Cavafy
A month passes by and brings another month. Easy to guess what lies ahead: all of yesterday's boredom. And tomorrow ends up no longer like tomorrow.
— C.P. Cavafy
When setting out upon your way to Ithaca,
wish always that your course be long,
full of adventure, full of lore. — Constantine P. Cavafy
wish always that your course be long,
full of adventure, full of lore. — Constantine P. Cavafy
Arriving there is what you are destined for
— C.P. Cavafy
I have gazed so much on beauty
that my eyes overflow with it. — Constantine P. Cavafy
that my eyes overflow with it. — Constantine P. Cavafy
I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
— Gabriel Byrne
Anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often,
— Oscar Wilde
Embrace the unpredictable and unexpected. It is the path to the infinitely creative in you.
— Deepak Chopra
When you set sail for Ithaca,
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge. — Constantine P. Cavafy
wish for the road to be long,
full of adventures, full of knowledge. — Constantine P. Cavafy
No point making rules against things that are impossible.
— G. Norman Lippert
And now, what's going to happen to us without barbarians?
They were, those people, a kind of solution. — Constantine P. Cavafy
They were, those people, a kind of solution. — Constantine P. Cavafy
One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.
— C.P. Cavafy
I'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life.
— C.P. Cavafy
When you set out for Ithaca, ask that your way be long
— C.P. Cavafy
A graceful heart is a virtue of the meek.
— Suzy Kassem
Try to keep them, poet, those erotic visions of yours, however few of them there are that can be stilled. Put them, half-hidden, in your lines.
— C.P. Cavafy
I have met a great many people on their way towards God and I wonder why they have chosen to look for him rather than themselves.
— Jeanette Winterson
When you set out on you journey to Ithaka, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.
— Constantine P. Cavafy
Somebody said I sound like an old lady, and I was really insulted by that. I'm trying to sound like Skip James and Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye.
— Tom Waits
To certain people there comes a day when they must say the great Yes or the great No ...
— Constantine P. Cavafy
Hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery. — Constantine P. Cavafy
full of adventure, full of discovery. — Constantine P. Cavafy
And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it ...
— Constantine P. Cavafy
Have Ithaka always in your mind.
Your arrival there is what you are destined for.
But don't in the least hurry the journey. — Constantine P. Cavafy
Your arrival there is what you are destined for.
But don't in the least hurry the journey. — Constantine P. Cavafy
And now, what will become of us without the barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution.
— Constantine P. Cavafy