Varro Quotes

#1. 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

#2. 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

#3. 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

#4. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#5. Shadow felt deeply uncomfortable: it was like watching an old wolf stalking a fawn too young to know that if it did not run, and run now, it would wind up in a distant glade with its bones picked clean by the ravens.

Neil Gaiman

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

Marcus Terentius Varro

#7. Even when you're down, there is still hope. No matter how bad things get and no matter how small a hope there is, anything is better than nothing, No matter how bad things get, they can always, ALWAYS get worse. Take my word on that.

Christina Engela

#8. What, if as said, man is a bubble.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#9. You are immortal; you've existed for billions of years in different manifestations, because you are Life, and Life cannot die. You are in the trees, the butterflies, the fish, the air, the moon, the sun. Wherever you go, you are there, waiting for yourself.

Miguel Ruiz

#10. I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

Edward James Olmos

#11. He who flees at the right time can fight again.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#12. Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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

Marcus Terentius Varro

#14. Not all who own a harp are harpers.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#15. If we imagine that God is somehow punishing us, then we will live our lives in desperation and in fear that we are somehow avoiding displeasing God. The difficulty with that is as many ideas about how to displease and how to please God, as there are hairs on your head.

Neale Donald Walsch

#16. It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#17. When I was a little girl, I used to watch a lot of monster movies, like 'Godzilla.' All those monster movies.

Rinko Kikuchi

#18. There is always that one summer that changes you.

Beth Merlin

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

Marcus Terentius Varro

#20. Nature made the fields and man the cities.

Marcus Terentius Varro

#21. I personally feel the need to experience life and new music and ideas before I can sit down and start writing music again.

DJ Shadow

#22. 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