Out of talk, appearance, and manners
\nI will make an excellent suit of armor;
\nand in this way I will face malicious people
\nwithout feeling the slightest fear or weakness.<\/p>\n
They will try to injure me. But of those
\nwho come near me none will know
\nwhere to find my wounds, my vulnerable places,
\nunder the deceptions that will cover me.<\/p>\n
So boasted Aimilianos Monai.
\nOne wonders if he ever made that suit of armor.
\nIn any case, he did not wear it long.
\nAt the age of twenty-seven, he died in Sicily.<\/p>\n
C. P. Cavafy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Source: Collected Poems Revised Edition, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, edited by George Savvidis.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Out of talk, appearance, and manners I will make an excellent suit of armor; and in this way I will face malicious people without feeling the slightest fear or weakness. They will try to injure me. 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