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  "description": "\" The truly happy man ought to stay at home.\" \" Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love.\" \" Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes.\" These quotes-and hundreds of others from the great Greek dramatists, including Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Menander-were preserved in the fifth century AD, when a man named Stobaeus compiled an anthology to inspire and instruct his son. The quotes were pithy packets of wisdom expressed in eloquent verse and selected with a father's discerning eye: some prompt \" aha\" moments, others offer wit or dark humor, still others give moral insight. In Since You're Mortal . . ., James Romm is the first to translate fragments saved by Stobaeus as poetry for modern English-language readers. Vividly rendered and beautifully presented, this volume serves as an ages-old but timeless guide to living a thoughtful, virtuous life.",
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