Quote of Seneca - It takes the whole of life...

Biography - Seneca:

Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
Spain

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live.

Seneca - De Brevitate vitæ

Note

"It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and — what will perhaps make you wonder more — it takes the whole of life to learn how to die."

On the shortness of life - Chapter VII

Source: De Brevitate vitæ

Wikisource - On the shortness of life by Seneca (en)

Translation

(French, German, Latin)

Il faut toute la vie pour apprendre à vivre.

Sénèque - De la brièveté de la vie

Man muss, solange man lebt, lernen, wie man leben soll.

Seneca - De Brevitate vitæ

Vivere tota vita discendum est.

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Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.

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Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

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When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

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Quotes for: to live

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Seneca also said...

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A great part of progress consists in the desire to make progress.

Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium /

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Seneca - Epistulae morales ad Lucilium /

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Let the other side be heard as well.

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Quote of Seneca - It takes the whole of life...

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Quotes for: to learn

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