No wind serves him who has no port of destination.
[Nul vent fait pour celuy qui n’a point de port destiné.]
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1), “Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions [De l’inconstance de nos actions]” (1572) [tr. Zeitlin (1934)]
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Montaigne, Michel de - Essays, Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1), "Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions [De l’inconstance de nos actions]" (1572) [tr. Zeitlin (1934)] | WIST Quotations
No wind serves him who has no port of destination. [Nul vent fait pour celuy qui n’a point de port destiné. ] This passage was in the essays initial 1580 printing. Likely from a quotation of Seneca the Younger (1st C AD). (Source (French)).WIST Quotations
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