[39] Moreover, I saw that while the majority of people are masters of themselves in other matters, even the best are slaves to the passions whose objects are boys and women; and therefore I wanted to show that I could be strong in those things in which I should be superior, not merely to people in general, but even to those who pride themselves on their virtue.
Nicocles or the Cyprians. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.
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