"Guard, O my soul, against pomp and glory. And if you cannot curb your ambitions, at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. And the higher you go, the more searching and careful you need to be."

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Source : C. P. Cavafy (2015). “Selected Poems by C.P. Cavafy”, p.14, Princeton University Press

C.P. Cavafy

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