“A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures. Some men are masters of cities, but are enslaved to women.”
The quote "The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasur…" is famous quote attributed to Democritus, Ancient Greek philosopher, pupil of Leucippus, founder of the atomic theory.
Freeman (1948), p. 163
Variant: The brave man is he who overcomes not only his enemies but his pleasures. There are some men who are masters of cities but slaves to women.
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Moralia: Sayings of Kings and Commanders, Plutarch; English translation by Frank Cole Babbitt
Variant translation by Goodwin:
He that is afraid of scoffs and reproaches is more a coward than he that flies from the enemy.
Book VI, 6.23-[2]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book VI