# De Beneficiis 2.11.5

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, Book 2, Chapter 11. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger/de-beneficiis/2.11.5

Numquid ulla maiora possunt esse, quam quae in liberos patres conferunt ? Haec tamen irrita sunt, si in infantia deserantur, nisi longa pietas munus suum nutrit. Eadem ceterorum beneficiorum condicio est : nisi illa adiuveris, perdes; parum est dedisse, fovenda sunt. Si gratos vis habere, quos obligas, non tantum des oportet beneficia, sed ames. Praecipue, ut dixi, pareamus auribus ; admonitio taedium facit, exprobratio odium.

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Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, 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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