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…And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you. Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean. Cavafis’s Ithaka http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?cat=1&id=74 LikeLike Reply
The arrival of self-knowledge and the discarding of illusions of immortality and self-importance. LikeLiked by 1 person Reply
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…And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
Cavafis’s Ithaka
http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?cat=1&id=74
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Please do not forget of your depth being stuck in peripherals.
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Ill do my best. Thank you for your suggestion
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The arrival of self-knowledge and the discarding of illusions of immortality and self-importance.
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Difficult transition?
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