The way is long if one follows precepts, but short and helpful, if one follows patterns.
In plain words
Watching someone do something teaches you faster than just hearing the rules.
Where these words come from
- 92% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 6 'On Sharing Knowledge' (c. 63-65 CE), Gummere translation (Loeb Classical Library, 1917), Wikisource text.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 6
- c. 65 CE · Rome · philosophical letter to Lucilius
