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4 Maccabees 1:23-25
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 1:23-25
Revised Standard Version
23 Fear precedes pain and sorrow comes after. 24 Anger, as a man will see if he reflects on this experience, is an emotion embracing pleasure and pain. 25 In pleasure there exists even a malevolent tendency, which is the most complex of all the emotions.
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