If you have received the impression (φαντασίαν) of any
pleasure, guard yourself against being carried away by
it; but let the thing wait for you, and allow yourself a
certain delay on your own part. Then think of both
times, of the time when you will enjoy the pleasure, and
of the time after the enjoyment of the pleasure when you
will repent and will reproach yourself. And set against
these things how you will rejoice if you have abstained
from the pleasure, and how you will commend yourself. But
if it seem to you seasonable to undertake (do) the thing,
take care that the charm of it, and the pleasure, and the
attraction of it shall not conquer you: but set on the
other side the consideration how much better it is to be
conscious that you have gained this victory.
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