25 There exists in pleasure a malicious disposition, which is the most complex of all the affections. (WEB) 26 In the soul, it is arrogance, love of money, thirst for honor, contention, faithlessness, and the evil eye. (WEB) 27 In the body, it is greediness, indiscriminate eating, and solitary gluttony. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 1:25–27
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