4 Maccabees 6:32
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
For had the passions been superior to reasoning, I would have given them the witness of this mastery.
Greek · Brenton
Εἰ γὰρ τὰ πάθη τοῦ λογισμοῦ κεκρατήκει, τούτοις ἂν ἀπεδόμην τὴν τῆς ἐπικρατείας μαρτυρίαν.