Quote of Seneca - It takes the whole of life...
Biography - Seneca:
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
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
Quote source: De Brevitate vitæ
Translation
(French, German, Latin)
See also...
Quotes about life:
Quotes for: to learn
Quotes for: to live
Seneca also said...
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