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When he was about to pitch his camp in an excellent place, he learned that there was no grass for the pack-animals. ‘What a life is ours,’ he said, ‘if we must live to suit the convenience of the asses !’ 1
1 Cf. Moralia, 790 B; also Eunapius, Frag. 56 in Dindorf, Historici Graeci Minores, i. p. 249.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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