Quote of Seneca - The language of truth is simple....
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
The language of truth is simple.
Note
Quote source: Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Translation
(French, Latin, German)
Veritatis simplex oratio est.
See also...
Quotes about simplicity:
Out of clutter find simplicity ; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
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 for: Language
Language serves not only to express thoughts, but to make possible thoughts which could not exist without it.
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