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“Who is strong? One who masters his inclination.”

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The chapter defines a series of qualities in turn, and this one is placed after wisdom. The definition is deliberately about governing an impulse rather than suppressing it, which is why it survives as advice to students about study and to anyone about appetite.

Source: Pirkei Avot, 4:1

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