# stoa010 2.31.8

Seneca the Younger (Dialogues), stoa010, Book 2, Chapter 31. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger-dialogues/stoa010/2.31.8

Ne viperas quidem et natrices, et si qua morsu aut ictu nocent, effligeremus, si in reliquum mansuefacere possemus aut efficere, ne nobis aliisve periculo essent. Ergo ne homini quidem nocebimus, quia peccavit, sed ne peccet, nec umquam ad praeteritum, sed ad futurum poena referetur ; non enim irascitur, sed cavet. Nam si puniendus est cuicumque pravum maleficumque ingenium est, poena neminem excipiet.

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Seneca the Younger (Dialogues), stoa010, ed. John William Basore. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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