--- title: "19 Given Quotes By Seneca the Younger" description: "19 Given quotes by Seneca the Younger. Plus more from Seneca the Younger and more Given sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/seneca-the-younger-219_favor_let-him-who-has-given-a-favor-be-silent_3103187.jpg" --- > [Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/let-him-who-has-given-a-favor-be-silent-let-he-who-has-received-it/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/seneca-the-younger-219_favor_let-him-who-has-given-a-favor-be-silent_3103187.jpg) > [God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/god-has-given-some-gifts-to-the-whole-human-race-from-which-no-one-is/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/seneca-the-younger-219_excluded_god-has-given-some-gifts-to-the-whole-hu_3163381.jpg) > [Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/let-ease-and-rest-at-times-be-given-to-the-weary/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/seneca-the-younger-219_ease_let-ease-and-rest-at-times-be-given-to-t_489176.jpg) > [Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/nature-has-given-us-the-seeds-of-knowledge-not-knowledge-itself/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/seneca-the-younger-219_given_nature-has-given-us-the-seeds-of-knowled_1156193.jpg) > [“That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/that-which-fortune-has-not-given-she-cannot-take-away/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/seneca-the-younger-219_away_that-which-fortune-has-not-given-she-can_2391523.jpg) > [Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/let-no-man-give-advice-to-others-that-he-has-not-first-given-himself/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/seneca-the-younger-219_advice_let-no-man-give-advice-to-others-that-he_2654962.jpg) > [Time is the one thing that is given to everyone in equal measure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/time-is-the-one-thing-that-is-given-to-everyone-in-equal-measure/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/seneca-the-younger-219_calendars_time-is-the-one-thing-that-is-given-to-e_2733880.jpg) > [A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/a-benefit-consists-not-in-what-is-done-or-given-but-in-the-intention/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/seneca-the-younger-219_awesome-birthday_a-benefit-consists-not-in-what-is-done-o_191148.jpg) > [What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/what-should-a-wise-person-do-when-given-a-blow-same-as-cato-when-he/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/seneca-the-younger-219_blow_what-should-a-wise-person-do-when-given_791799.jpg) > [Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/nothing-is-so-false-as-human-life-nothing-so-treacherous-god-knows-no/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/seneca-the-younger-219_accepted_nothing-is-so-false-as-human-life-nothin_950564.jpg) > [The law of the pleasure in having done anything for another is, that the one almost immediately forgets having given, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-law-of-the-pleasure-in-having-done-anything-for-another-is-that/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/seneca-the-younger-219_done_the-law-of-the-pleasure-in-having-done-a_1950997.jpg) > [This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/this-is-the-law-of-benefits-between-men-the-one-ought-to-forget-at/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77a/seneca-the-younger-219_benefits_this-is-the-law-of-benefits-between-men_1558514.jpg) > [The customs of that most criminal nation (Israel) have gained such strength that they have now been received in all lands. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-customs-of-that-most-criminal-nation-israel-have-gained-such/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/249/seneca-the-younger-219_conqueror_the-customs-of-that-most-criminal-nation_2015970.jpg) > [Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/reason-wishes-that-the-judgement-it-gives-be-just-anger-wishes-that/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/seneca-the-younger-219_anger_reason-wishes-that-the-judgement-it-give_1636566.jpg) > [Eternal law has arranged nothing better than this, that it has given us one way in to life, but many ways out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/eternal-law-has-arranged-nothing-better-than-this-that-it-has-given/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69b/seneca-the-younger-219_eternal_eternal-law-has-arranged-nothing-better_2016112.jpg) > [It is remarkable that Providence has given us all things for our advantage near at hand; but iron, gold, and silver, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-is-remarkable-that-providence-has-given-us-all-things-for-our/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/seneca-the-younger-219_advantage_it-is-remarkable-that-providence-has-giv_2368023.jpg) > [Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/ponder-for-a-long-time-whether-you-shall-admit-a-given-person-to-your/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/788/seneca-the-younger-219_decided_ponder-for-a-long-time-whether-you-shall_2083489.jpg) > [No one can lead a happy life, or even one that is bearable, without the pursuit of wisdom, and that the perfection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-can-lead-a-happy-life-or-even-one-that-is-bearable-without-the/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17f/seneca-the-younger-219_bearable_no-one-can-lead-a-happy-life-or-even-one_748308.jpg) > [...the geometrician teaches me how to work out the size of my estates rather than how to work out how much a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-geometrician-teaches-me-how-to-work-out-the-size-of-my-estates/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/seneca-the-younger-219_areas_the-geometrician-teaches-me-how-to-work_917306.jpg) ## Other authors on Given ## More by Seneca the Younger > [There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/there-is-nothing-that-we-can-properly-call-our-own-but-our-time-and/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [It is for the superfluous we sweat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-is-for-the-superfluous-we-sweat/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/men-trust-rather-to-their-eyes-than-to-their-ears-the-effect-of/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/a-great-step-towards-independence-is-a-good-humored-stomach-one-that/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/men-can-be-divided-into-2-groups-one-that-goes-ahead-and-achieves/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/leisure-without-study-is-death-and-the-grave-of-a-living-man/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/such-as-the-chain-of-causes-we-call-fate-such-is-the-chain-of-wishes/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [To rule yourself is the ultimate power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/to-rule-yourself-is-the-ultimate-power/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-road-by-precepts-is-tedious-by-example-short-and-efficacious/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/misfortune-is-the-test-of-a-person-s-merit/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-who-does-not-want-to-die-should-not-want-to-live-for-life-is/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/let-us-not-seek-our-disease-out-of-ourselves-tis-in-us-and-planted-in/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [After death there is nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/after-death-there-is-nothing/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Adversity finds at last the man whom she has often passed by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/adversity-finds-at-last-the-man-whom-she-has-often-passed-by/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) > [Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/hesitation-is-the-best-cure-for-anger-the-first-blows-of-anger-are/) [Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/given/seneca-the-younger/#itemlist", "name": "19 Given Quotes By Seneca the Younger", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Let him who has given a favor be silent; let he who has received it tell it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seneca the Younger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/let-him-who-has-given-a-favor-be-silent-let-he-who-has-received-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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