Quote of Seneca - Yet it is better to accept...
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
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
Yet it is better to accept public morals and human vices calmly without bursting into either laughter or tears.
Translation
(French, German, Latin)
Sed satius est publicos mores et humana vitia placide accipere, nec in risum nec in lacrimas excidentem.
See also...
Quotes for: vice
O philosophy, life’s guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life.
Quotes for: laughter
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
Seneca also said...
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