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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

Time reveals the truth.


Note 

Note



"Dandum semper est tempus: veritatem dies aperit."
"Time must always be given: the day discovers truth."

BOOK II, 22


Source: De ira

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Translation

Translation

(Latin, French, German)



Latin
Veritatem dies aperit.

French
Le temps révèle la vérité.

German
Die Zeit offenbart die Wahrheit.




See also 

See also...



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Truth was the only daughter of Time.

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Quotes about time:


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It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.





Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.





Time is the moving image of eternity.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.











Quotes for: truth


Quotes

Quotes for: truth


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Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.





Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.











Quotes

Seneca also said...


A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The language of truth is simple.





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





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





Let the other side be heard as well.
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