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Teaching by Precept Is a Long Road, but Short and Efficient Is the Way by Example

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/10/2008
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Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, a.k.a Seneca the Younger)

Teaching by precept is a long road, but short and beneficial is the way by example.

Other Translation of this Latin Proverb:

The journey by teaching is long, by examples - brief and effective.