Great Throughts Treasury
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Marcus Terentius Varro, aka Varro Reatinus
Rome's Scholar, Writer and Satirist, sometimes called Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus.
"There are few things which time does not distort; many which it removes."
"It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion."
"The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate."
"Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities."
"Nature made the fields and man the cities."
"For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life."
"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."
"What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander."
"What, if as said, man is a bubble."