In his Meditations, the Roman emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius defines temperance as "a virtue opposed to love of pleasure".

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"Wipe out imagination: check desire: extinguish appetite: keep the ruling faculty in its own power."

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In his Meditations, the Roman emperor and stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius defines temperance as "a virtue opposed to love of pleasure". | Spyke