33.
As reason is, so also are actions; therefore all actions are equal.
For since they resemble reason, they also resemble each other.
Moreover, I hold that actions are equal to each other in so far as they are honourable and right actions.
There will be, of course, great differences according as the material varies, as it becomes now broader and now narrower, now glorious and now base, now manifold in scope and now limited.
However, that which is best in all these cases is equal; they are all honourable.
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 33
Content:
33.
As reason is, so also are actions; therefore all actions are equal.
For since they resemble reason, they also resemble each other.
Moreover, I hold that actions are equal to each other in so far as they are honourable and right actions.
There will be, of course, great differences according as the material varies, as it becomes now broader and now narrower, now glorious and now base, now manifold in scope and now limited.
However, that which is best in all these cases is equal; they are all honourable.