Varro Quotes & Sayings

Nature made the fields and man the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro

The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. — Marcus Terentius Varro

Not all who own a harp are harpers. — Marcus Terentius Varro

What, if as said, man is a bubble. — Marcus Terentius Varro

It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion. — Marcus Terentius Varro

For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life. — Marcus Terentius Varro

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. — Marcus Terentius Varro

The village is the place to which the roads tend, a sort of expansion of the highway, as a lake of a river ... The word is from the Latin villa, which together with via, a way, or more anciently ved and vella, Varro derives from veho, to carry, because the villa is the place to and from which things are carried ... Hence, too, the Latin word vilis and our vile, also villain. This suggests what kind of degeneracy villagers are liable to. They are wayworn by the travel that goes by and over them, without traveling themselves. — Henry David Thoreau

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. — Marcus Terentius Varro

In Sparta , paintings have been taken out of certain walls by cutting through the bricks, then have been placed in wooden frames, and so brought to the Comitium to adorn the aedileship of [C. Visellius] Varro and [C. Licinius] Murena. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Varro to Brian: You always think there has to be some grand gesture, but really, there doesn't even have to be words. Just knowing something should be all the truth you need. — Mary Calmes

Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro

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

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.
[Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.] — Marcus Terentius Varro

He who flees at the right time can fight again. — Marcus Terentius Varro