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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. — Publilius Syrus

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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

In the original Latin

In tranquillo esse quisque gubernator potest.

Publilius Syrus
Sententiae · 43 BC
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Adversity
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43 BCClassical antiquity
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Publilius Syrus
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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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