4 Maccabees 3:17
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the passions, and to quench the fires of excitement,
Greek · Brenton
Δυνατὸς γὰρ ὁ σώφρων νοῦς νικῆσαι τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἀνάγκας, καὶ σβέσαι τὰς τῶν οἴστρων φλεγμονὰς, καὶ τὰς τῶν σωμάτων ἀλγηδόνας καθʼ ὑπερβολὴν οὔσας καταπαλαῖσαι,