4 Maccabees 8:23
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
Let us not oppose necessity, nor seek vain-glory by our own excruciation.
Greek · Brenton
Μὴ βιαζώμεθα τὴν ἀνάγκην, μηδὲ κενοδοξήσωμεν ἐπʼ τῇ ἑαυτῶν στρέβλῃ.