As Much As You Can
 

And if you can't shape your life the way you want,
this, at least, try

as much as you can: do not degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.

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Do not degrade it by dragging it along,
taking it around and exposing it so often
to the daily silliness
of social events and parties,
until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.

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C. P. Cavafy

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