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Ought Quotes by Seneca the Younger
- We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either…
- I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling
- The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought…
- As Lucretius says: 'Thus ever from himself doth each man flee.' But what does he gain if he does not escape from himself? He ever…
- Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in…
- We ought not to confine ourselves either to writing or to reading; the one, continuous writing, will cast a gloom over our strength, and exhaust…
- We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
- We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.
- Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication.... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths.... But in liberty moderation is…
- This is the law of benefits between men; the one ought to forget at once what was given, and the other ought never to forget…
- He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.
More Ought Quotes
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- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
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- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — Francis Bacon