--- title: "1 Bid Farewell Quotes By C.P. Cavafy" description: "1 Bid Farewell quotes by C.P. Cavafy. Plus more from C.P. Cavafy and more Bid Farewell sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/c-p-cavafy-15727_brave-man_the-god-abandons-antony-when-at-the-hour_109554.png" --- > [“The god abandons Antony When at the hour of midnight an invisible choir is suddenly heard passing with exquisite music, with voices ― Do not lament your fortune that at last subsides, your life’s work that has failed, your schemes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/the-god-abandons-antony-when-at-the-hour-of-midnight-an-invisible/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/c-p-cavafy-15727_brave-man_the-god-abandons-antony-when-at-the-hour_109554.png) ## More by C.P. Cavafy > [Nero wasn't worried at all when he heard the utterance of the Delphic Oracle: "Beware the age of seventy-three." Plenty of time to enjoy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/nero-wasn-t-worried-at-all-when-he-heard-the-utterance-of-the-delphic/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [He wasn't completely wrong, poor old Gemistus (let Lord Andronicus and the patriarch suspect him if they like), in wanting us, telling us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/he-wasn-t-completely-wrong-poor-old-gemistus-let-lord-andronicus-and/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [Honor to those who in the life they lead define and guard a Thermopylae. Never betraying what is right, consistent and just in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/honor-to-those-who-in-the-life-they-lead-define-and-guard-a/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [“The god abandons Antony When at the hour of midnight an invisible choir is suddenly heard passing with exquisite music, with voices ― Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/the-god-abandons-antony-when-at-the-hour-of-midnight-an-invisible/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/a-month-passes-by-and-brings-another-month-easy-to-guess-what-lies/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [“From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was. An obstacle was there that changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/from-all-i-did-and-all-i-said-let-no-one-try-to-find-out-who-i-was-an/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [Of what's to come the wise perceive things about to happen. Sometimes during moments of intense study their hearing's troubled: the hidden sound of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/of-what-s-to-come-the-wise-perceive-things-about-to-happen-sometimes/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/from-all-i-did-and-all-i-said-let-no-one-try-to-find-out-who-i-was/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [“ Ithaka As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/ithaka-as-you-set-out-for-ithaka-hope-the-voyage-is-a-long-one-full/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [“He said he'd hurt himself against a wall or had fallen down. But there was probably some other reason for the wounded, the bandaged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/he-said-he-d-hurt-himself-against-a-wall-or-had-fallen-down-but-there/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/try-to-keep-them-poet-those-erotic-visions-of-yours-however-few-of/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [“I have seen the absolute black; it was unspeakably beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/i-have-seen-the-absolute-black-it-was-unspeakably-beautiful/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [Guard, O my soul, against pomp and glory. And if you cannot curb your ambitions, at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. And the higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/guard-o-my-soul-against-pomp-and-glory-and-if-you-cannot-curb-your/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [The frivolous can call me frivolous. I've always been most punctilious about important things. And I insist that no one knows better than I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/the-frivolous-can-call-me-frivolous-i-ve-always-been-most-punctilious/) [C.P. Cavafy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-cavafy/) > [On hearing about powerful love, respond, be moved like an aesthete. Only, fortunate as you've been, remember how much your imagination created for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-cavafy/on-hearing-about-powerful-love-respond-be-moved-like-an-aesthete-only/) [C.P. 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