He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Valiant. Alexandrian Septuagint adds, "and a prudent man than a great farmer. "Greek: Georgiou. (Haydock)
Cities. To govern the passions is more difficult. (St. Gregory, Past. iii. p. Adm. x.; St. Thomas Aquinas ii. 2. q. 128. a. 6.) Latius regnes avidum domando Spiritum, quam si Lybiam (Horace, ii. Od. 2.)
