4 Maccabees 1:24

24 Anger is a mixture of both pleasure and pain, as anyone who thinks about the experience would agree.

4 Maccabees 1:24 In-Context

22 Desire comes before pleasure, and joy follows it.

23 Fear comes before pain, and grief follows it.

24 Anger is a mixture of both pleasure and pain, as anyone who thinks about the experience would agree.

25 With pleasure there is a tendency to form bad habits, and this is the most varied of the emotions.

26 In the soul, bad habits show up as pride, love of money, thirst for honor, delight in conflict, and envy.