Occupation: Writer Birth: 116 Bc Death: 27 Bc
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 st….
For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life..
Divine nature gave us fields, human skill built our cities. -Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes.
It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion..
Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities..
He who flees at the right time can fight again..
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate..
What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.].
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..
What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander..
It is necessary for men to be deceived in religion..
Not all who own a harp are harpers..
Nature made the fields and man the cities..