Quote of Seneca - If one does not know to...
Biography - Seneca:
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
Note
Letter LXXI
Other version: "There is no favorable wind for the sailor who doesn't know where to go."
Source: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
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Translation
(French, German, Latin, Italian)
See also...
Quotes for: wind
And search, I learned to find;
And since the wind blows in my face,
I sail with every wind.
Seneca also said...
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