Do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a

13:05 Dec 9, 2009
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English term or phrase: Do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a
English to Latin general saying
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
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5Noli ire quo semita ducat; i potius quo semita non est atque ibi talem relinque.
Joseph Brazauskas
4Ne ieris ubi semita ducat, sed i ubi non est semita et fac vestigia
Luis Antonio de Larrauri


  

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do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a
Ne ieris ubi semita ducat, sed i ubi non est semita et fac vestigia


Explanation:
Literally "vestigium" is a footprint, but it is also the track, the trail.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-12-09 15:34:31 GMT)
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Just for the record, some say that "i" (imperative form of "eo" = go) is the shortest word in Latin (word with a proper meaning, apart from interjections suchas as "a" and "o")...

Luis Antonio de Larrauri
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do not go where the path may lead,go instead where there is no path and leave a
Noli ire quo semita ducat; i potius quo semita non est atque ibi talem relinque.


Explanation:
This is perhaps the simplest and clearest way of expressing this.

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