But to the incontinent man may be applied the proverb 'when water chokes, what is one to wash it down with?' If he had been persuaded of the rightness of what he does, he would have desisted when he was persuaded to change his mind;
Gainera, badirudi sinetsita egoteagatik egiten duena eta atseginei aurrez erabakita ere jarraitzen diena, meneratzerik ezaz eta ez arrazoinamenduaz egiten duena baino hobea izan litekeela, zuzentzen errazago baita, aldatzeko limurtu litekeelako.