# De Beneficiis 5.7.6

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, Book 5, Chapter 7. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger/de-beneficiis/5.7.6

dicere solemus : ' Sine, loquar mecum ' et ' Ego mihi aurem pervellam.' Quae si vera sunt, quemadmodum aliquis sibi irasci debet, sic et gratias agere ; quomodo obiurgare se, sic et laudare se ; quomodo damno sibi esse, sic et lucro potest. Iniuria et beneficium contraria sunt ; si de aliquo dicimus : ' Iniuriam sibi fecit,' poterimus dicere et : ' Beneficium sibi 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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