“If one does not know to which port is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
“No wind favors he who has no destined port.”
Book II, Ch. 1
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Variant: No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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“No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.”
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Book II, Ch. 1
Attributed
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