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Dec 9, 2009 13:05
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English term

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

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English to Latin general saying
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

Proposed translations

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Ne ieris ubi semita ducat, sed i ubi non est semita et fac vestigia

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")...
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2 days 7 hrs

Noli ire quo semita ducat; i potius quo semita non est atque ibi talem relinque.

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