4 Maccabees 2:20
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For if reasoning did not possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have spoken thus.
Greek · Brenton
Εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἐδύνετο τῶν θυμῶν ὁ λογισμὸς κρατεῖν, οὐκ ἂν εἶπεν οὑτως.