11.
But, since the virtues of plants and of animals are perishable, they are also frail and fleeting and uncertain.
They spring up, and they sink down again, and for this reason they are not rated at the same value; but to human virtues only one rule applies.
For right reason is single and of but one kind.
Nothing is more divine than the divine, or more heavenly than the heavenly.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On various aspects of virtue
Location: Chapter 66, Section 11
Content:
11.
But, since the virtues of plants and of animals are perishable, they are also frail and fleeting and uncertain.
They spring up, and they sink down again, and for this reason they are not rated at the same value; but to human virtues only one rule applies.
For right reason is single and of but one kind.
Nothing is more divine than the divine, or more heavenly than the heavenly.