4 Maccabees 2:16
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant passions, as it does wrath: for it masters even this.
Greek · Brenton
Πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ κακοήθη πάθη ὁ σώφρων νοῦς ἀπωθεῖται, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸν θυμόν· καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο δεσπόζει.