Marcus Terentius Varro Quotes

• Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

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  Art, Nature, Cities

  "De Re Rustica". Book by Marcus Terentius Varro (Act III, Scene 1), 37 BC.

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• He who flees at the right time can fight again.

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Wisdom, Fighting, Right Time

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• The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

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  Journey, Passing, Said

  Marcus Terentius Varro (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Varro (Illustrated)”, p.16, Delphi Classics

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• It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

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  Men, Atheism, States

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• Not all who own a harp are harpers.

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  Harps, Harper

  Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Terentius Varro (1967). “Marcus Porcius Cato, On agriculture; Marcus Terentius Varro. On agriculture”

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• It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Men, Agnostic, Deceived

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• Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Skills, Cities, Divinity

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• He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

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  Health, Mad, House

  "De Re Rustica". Book by Marcus Terentius Varro, I, 2,

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• What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

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  Sauce, Gander, Geese

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Compiled by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt and Kate Louise Roberts, 1922.

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• The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.

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  Numbers, Grace, Three

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• What, if as said, man is a bubble.
  [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.]

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Men, What If, Said

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• Nature made the fields and man the cities.

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Nature, Men, Cities

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• For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.

  Marcus Terentius Varro

  Years, Baggage, Packs

  "De Re Rustica". I, 1,

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