# Since You're Mortal . . .

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- Book: [Since You're Mortal . . .](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-romm/since-youre-mortal) ([Since You're Mortal . . ..md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-romm/since-youre-mortal.md))
- Authors: [James Romm](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-romm)
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN: 978-13-2408-608-6
- Published: 2026-05-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## 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.