Seneca the Younger Quotes


If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.


Citations

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Epistles, Volume II: Epistles 66-92. Translated by Richard M. Gummere, Loeb Classical Library 76, Harvard University Press, 1920, p. 75.

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Seneca the Younger
Seneca the Younger
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  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Philosopher

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist from the Silver Age of Latin literature.