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Nam illud finiri non potest : si patri do beneficium,
et matri et avo et avunculo et liberis et adfinibus et
amicis et servis et patriae. Ubi ergo beneficium
incipit stare ? Sontes enim ille inexplicabilis subit,
cui difficile est modum imponere, quia paulatim surrepit et non desinit serpere.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 3. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1935.
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