4 Maccabees 1:33-35

Common English Bible

³³ Otherwise, how is it that when we are attracted by foods that we aren’t allowed to eat, we can walk away from the pleasure that we would get from them? Isn’t it because clear thinking is in control over our desires? I think so. ³⁴ We keep our distance when we crave any of the foods that are forbidden to us by the Law, whether it is seafood, birds, animals, or anything else, because of the self-control that comes from clear thinking. ³⁵ The sensible mind curbs the drives of the appetite, keeping them in check, and clear thinking silences the impulses of our bodies.