# De Beneficiis 2.16.1

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, Book 2, Chapter 16. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger/de-beneficiis/2.16.1

Urbem cuidam Alexander donabat, vesanus et qui nihil animo nisi grande conciperet. Cum ille, cui donabatur, se ipse mensus tanti muneris invidiam refugisset dicens non convenire fortunae suae : " Non quaero," inquit, " quid te accipere deceat, sed quid me dare." Animosa vox videtur et regia, cum sit stultissima. Nihil enim per se quemquam decet ; refert, qui det, cui, quando, quare, ubi, et cetera, sine quibus facti ratio non constabit.

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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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