44.
The same thing holds true, I assure you, concerning goods; you will find one amid circumstances of pure pleasure, another amid sorrow and bitterness.
The one controls the favours of fortune; the other overcomes her onslaughts.
Each is equally a good, although the one travels a level and easy road, and the other a rough road.
And the end of them all is the same: they are goods, they are worthy of praise, they accompany virtue and reason.
Virtue makes all the things that it acknowledges equal to one another.
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 44
Content:
44.
The same thing holds true, I assure you, concerning goods; you will find one amid circumstances of pure pleasure, another amid sorrow and bitterness.
The one controls the favours of fortune; the other overcomes her onslaughts.
Each is equally a good, although the one travels a level and easy road, and the other a rough road.
And the end of them all is the same: they are goods, they are worthy of praise, they accompany virtue and reason.
Virtue makes all the things that it acknowledges equal to one another.