“It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.”
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Famous Marcus Terentius Varro Quotes
“What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.]”
“For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.”
“Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.”
“The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Varro (Illustrated)
“Not all who own a harp are harpers.”
Source: Marcus Porcius Cato, On agriculture; Marcus Terentius Varro. On agriculture