Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. While being born in Hispania, Seneca was raised in Rome where he was trained in rhetoric and philosophy. In this quote, he reminds us of what genuine friendship is. Few people have more friends they can count on one hand and lack of understanding is the primary reason. Being trained in the art of rhetoric, Seneca understood another brilliant point about building relationships and persuasion, which is to first understand and then we will be understood.
One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Seneca (4 BC – AD 65)
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