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Videamus,
quid oblatum maxime voluptati futurum sit, quid
frequenter occursurum habenti, ut totiens nobiscum
quotiens cum illo sit. Utique cavebimus, ne munera
supervacua mittamus, ut feminae aut seni arma
venatoria, ut rustico libros, ut studiis ac litteris
dedito retia. Aeque ex contrario circumspiciemus,
[p. 38]
ne, dum grata mittere volumus, suum cuique morbum exprobratura mittamus, sicut ebrioso vina
et valetudinario medicamenta. Maledictum enim
incipit esse, non munus, in quo vitium accipientis
adgnoscitur.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 3. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1935.
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