Happens Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— C.P. Cavafy

From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— C.P. Cavafy

“I have seen the absolute black; it was unspeakably beautiful.”

— 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…

— C.P. Cavafy