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title: "35 Long Quotes By Seneca the Younger"
description: "35 Long quotes by Seneca the Younger. Plus more from Seneca the Younger and more Long sayings from other authors."
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> [No one can wear a mask for very long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-can-wear-a-mask-for-very-long/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Life is long if it is full.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/life-is-long-if-it-is-full/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [A hated government does not long survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/a-hated-government-does-not-long-survive/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Life, if thou knowest how to use it, is long enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/life-if-thou-knowest-how-to-use-it-is-long-enough/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Life is short and art is long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/life-is-short-and-art-is-long/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-friends-of-the-unfortunate-live-a-long-way-off/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [As long as you live, learn how to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/as-long-as-you-live-learn-how-to-live/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/as-long-as-we-are-among-humans-let-us-be-humane/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-mind-does-not-easily-unlearn-what-it-has-been-long-in-learning/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-sought-therefore-to-amend-our-will-and-not-to-suffer-it-through/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Never to wrong others takes one a long way towards peace of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/never-to-wrong-others-takes-one-a-long-way-towards-peace-of-mind/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The wise man lives as long as he should, not just as long as he likes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-wise-man-lives-as-long-as-he-should-not-just-as-long-as-he-likes/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [No one can hold absolute power for long, controlled power endures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-can-hold-absolute-power-for-long-controlled-power-endures/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [No one can long hide behind a mask; the pretense soon lapses into the true character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-can-long-hide-behind-a-mask-the-pretense-soon-lapses-into-the/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/in-a-moment-the-ashes-are-made-but-a-forest-is-a-long-time-growing/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-point-is-not-how-long-you-live-but-how-nobly-you-live/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/there-is-nothing-more-despicable-than-an-old-man-who-has-no-other/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/nothing-is-more-disgraceful-than-that-an-old-man-should-have-nothing/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/not-a-soul-takes-thought-how-well-he-may-live-only-how-long-yet-a/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/men-trust-their-eyes-rather-than-their-ears-the-road-by-precept-is/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-is-a-rough-road-that-leads-to-the-heights-of-greatness-as-is-a/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/money-does-all-things-for-reward-some-are-pious-and-honest-as-long-as/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [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/)

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> [A good conscience fears no witness, but a guilty conscience is solicitous even in solitude. If we do nothing but what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/a-good-conscience-fears-no-witness-but-a-guilty-conscience-is/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [We must take care to live not merely a long life, but a full one; for living a long life requires only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-must-take-care-to-live-not-merely-a-long-life-but-a-full-one-for/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/there-is-nothing-that-nature-has-made-necessary-which-is-more-easy/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Only a great man, believe me, and one whose excellence rises far above human failings, will not allow anything to be stolen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/only-a-great-man-believe-me-and-one-whose-excellence-rises-far-above/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [It was the saying of a great man, that if we could trace our descents, we should find all slaves to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-was-the-saying-of-a-great-man-that-if-we-could-trace-our-descents/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-deep-waters-of-time-will-flow-over-us-only-a-few-men-of-genius/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [No one can keep a mask on long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-can-keep-a-mask-on-long/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Leave in concealment what has long been concealed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/leave-in-concealment-what-has-long-been-concealed/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [You should keep on learning as long as there is something you do not know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/you-should-keep-on-learning-as-long-as-there-is-something-you-do-not/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/long-is-the-road-to-learning-by-precepts-but-short-and-successful-by/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-path-of-precept-is-long-that-of-example-short-and-effectual/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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> [Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration ...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/power-exercised-with-violence-has-seldom-been-of-long-duration/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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## Other authors on Long

## 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/)

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