Sirach 18:30-32

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Self-Control

³⁰Do not follow your base desires,
    but restrain your appetites.
³¹If you allow your soul to take pleasure in base desire,
    it will make you the laughingstock of your enemies.
³²Do not revel in great luxury,
    lest you become impoverished by its expense.

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