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Marcus Terentius Varro
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“Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eumenides, fragment 6, from Saturae Menippeae; translation from J. Wight Duff Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life (Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1964) p. 90.
“Portam itineri dici longissimam esse.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash, tr., On Agriculture (Harvard University Press, 1993). Bk. 1, ch. 2
“Crescunt animalia quaedam minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, et per aera intus in corpus per os ac nares perveniunt atque efficiunt difficilis morbos.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash, tr., On Agriculture (Harvard University Press, 1993). Bk. 1, ch. 12
“Divina Natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: W. D. Hooper & H. B. Ash, tr., On Agriculture (Harvard University Press, 1993). Bk. 3, ch. 1
“Vir Romanorum eruditissimus.”
Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) said by 27 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source