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title: "31 Should Quotes By Seneca the Younger"
description: "31 Should quotes by Seneca the Younger. Plus more from Seneca the Younger and more Should sayings from other authors."
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> [Do what you should, not what you may.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/do-what-you-should-not-what-you-may/)

[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 should feel pride in anything that is not his own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/no-one-should-feel-pride-in-anything-that-is-not-his-own/)

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

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> [Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/who-needs-forgiveness-should-the-same-extend-with-readiness/)

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

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> [Our words should aim not to please, but to help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/our-words-should-aim-not-to-please-but-to-help/)

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

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> [He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-who-would-do-great-things-should-not-attempt-them-all-alone/)

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

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> [Speech devoted to truth should be straightforward and plain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/speech-devoted-to-truth-should-be-straightforward-and-plain/)

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

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> [It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-is-to-the-interest-of-the-commonwealth-of-mankind-that-there/)

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

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> [When one has lost a friend one's eyes should be neither dry nor streaming. Tears, yes, there should be, but not lamentation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/when-one-has-lost-a-friend-one-s-eyes-should-be-neither-dry-nor/)

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

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> [We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-should-conduct-ourselves-not-as-if-we-ought-to-live-for-the-body/)

[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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> [To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/to-things-which-you-bear-with-impatience-you-should-accustom-yourself/)

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

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> [Epicurus says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/epicurus-says-that-you-should-rather-have-regard-to-the-company-with/)

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

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> [The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-mind-should-be-allowed-some-relaxation-that-it-may-return-to-its/)

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

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> [We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-should-live-as-if-we-were-in-public-view-and-think-too-as-if/)

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

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> [If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/if-wisdom-were-offered-me-with-the-proviso-that-i-should-keep-it-shut/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-pray-for-trifles-without-so-much-as-a-thought-of-the-greatest/)

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

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> [Now we are not merely to stick knowledge on to the soul: we must incorporate it into her; the soul should not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/now-we-are-not-merely-to-stick-knowledge-on-to-the-soul-we-must/)

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

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> [On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/on-entering-a-temple-we-assume-all-signs-of-reverence-how-much-more/)

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

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> [Some there are that torment themselves afresh with the memory of what is past; others, again, afflict themselves with the apprehension of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/some-there-are-that-torment-themselves-afresh-with-the-memory-of-what/)

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

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> [We should have a bond of sympathy for all sentient beings, knowing that only the depraved and base take pleasure in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-should-have-a-bond-of-sympathy-for-all-sentient-beings-knowing/)

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

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> [He that makes himself famous by his eloquence, justice or arms illustrates his extraction, let it be never so mean; and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/he-that-makes-himself-famous-by-his-eloquence-justice-or-arms/)

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

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> [My advice is really this: what we hear the philosophers saying and what we find in their writings should be applied in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/my-advice-is-really-this-what-we-hear-the-philosophers-saying-and/)

[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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> [Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication… Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths… But in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/upon-occasion-we-should-go-as-far-as-intoxication-drink-washes-cares/)

[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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> [We are more wicked together than separately. If you are forced to be in a crowd, then most of all you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/we-are-more-wicked-together-than-separately-if-you-are-forced-to-be/)

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

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> [Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/every-day-therefore-should-be-regulated-as-if-it-were-the-one-that/)

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

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> [The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/the-highest-duty-and-the-highest-proof-of-wisdom-that-deed-and-word/)

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

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> [He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of…](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/)

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## Other authors on Should

## 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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