# De Beneficiis 3.35.5

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, Book 3, Chapter 35. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger/de-beneficiis/3.35.5

Si quis mihi beneficium dedit, quod multorum beneficiis adiuvandum esset, ego autem illi beneficium dedi id, quod nullius egeret adiutorio, maius dedi quam accepi. Pater filio vitam dedit perituram, nisi multa accessissent, quae illam tuerentur ; filius patri si dedit vitam, dedit eam, quae nullius desideraret auxilium in hoc, ut permaneret ; ergo maius beneficium accepit a filio pater, qui vitam accepit, quam ipse illi dedit.

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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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