4 Maccabees 2:15-17

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¹⁵ It is evident that reason rules even^[a] the more violent emotions: lust for power, vainglory, boasting, arrogance, and malice. ¹⁶ For the temperate mind repels all these malicious emotions, just as it repels anger—for it is sovereign over even this. ¹⁷ When Moses was angry with Dathan and Abi′ram he did nothing against them in anger, but controlled his anger by reason.