Quote of Seneca - If one does not know to...
Biography - Seneca:
Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Note
Letter LXXI
Other version: "There is no favorable wind for the sailor who doesn't know where to go."
Quote source: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Background photo by Austin Neill on Unsplash
Translation
(French, German, Latin, Italian)Ignoranti quem portum petat nullus suus ventus est.
Nessun vento è favorevole per il marinaio che non sa a quale porto vuol approdare.
See also...
Quotes for: wind
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
Since I grew tired of the chase
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
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