4 Maccabees 3:17
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The sensible mind can overcome the pressures of the emotions and put out the flames of undisciplined desires.
For the temperate mind can conquer the drives of the emotions and quench the flames of frenzied desires;
For the temperate mind can conquer the drives of the passions and quench the flames of frenzied desires;
For the temperate mind can conquer the drives of the emotions and quench the flames of frenzied desires;
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