# De Beneficiis 5.9.1

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis, Book 5, Chapter 9. Latin.

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" Beneficium," inquit, " sibi dare oportet ; ergo et referre gratiam oportet." Primum illud falsum est, ex quo pendent sequentia ; nemo enim sibi beneficium dat, sed naturae suae paret, a qua ad caritatem sui compositus est, unde summa illi cura est nocitura vitandi, profutura appetendi.

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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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