4 Maccabees 8:23

23 So why should we deprive ourselves of this pleasant life and cheat ourselves out of this sweet world?

4 Maccabees 8:23 In-Context

21 Let's take seriously the fact that, if we disobey, we are dead men!

22 Divine justice will not blame us because we were afraid of the king and his power over us.

23 So why should we deprive ourselves of this pleasant life and cheat ourselves out of this sweet world?

24 Let's not fight against fate or take hollow pride in being tortured.

25 The Law itself would have difficulty giving us the death penalty since we sin out of fear of these instruments.