navigavi

Towards the end of his life, however, the average man has become accustomed to it -- then he may make a mistake in regard to the life he has lived, and praise his own stupidity: _bene navigavi cum naufragium feci_. he may even compose a song of thanksgiving to "Providence."

We Philologists Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Volume 8 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

To be wrecked here, this was also a goal: — _Bene navigavi cum naufragium feci_ … and he translated the “Ring” into Schopenhauerian language.

The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872