4 Maccabees 6:33-35

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

³³ But now that reason has conquered the emotions, we properly attribute to it the power to govern. ³⁴ It is right for us to acknowledge the dominance of reason when it masters even external agonies. It would be ridiculous to deny it.^{[a] 35} I have proved not only that reason has mastered agonies, but also that it masters pleasures and in no respect yields to them.