Marcus Terentius Varro Reatinus citáty

„Žádná práce není tak snadná, aby ti nemohla připadat obtížná, budeš-li ji dělat nerad.“

„Snadno všichni jsouce zdrávi dobré rady nemocným dáváme.“

„Vady a nedostatky manželky je třeba potírat nebo snášet. V prvním případě stane se lepší tvá manželka, v druhém - ty sám.“

„Žena se lépe shodne se ženou.“

„Nic nezná ten, kdo vše zná stejně.“

„Božská přirozenost nám dala polnosti, lidské umění vystavělo města.“
DIVINA NATURA DEDIT AGROS, ARS HUMANA AEDIFICAVIT URBES

„Znáš způsoby žen - než se pohnou, než se upraví, uplyne rok.“
NOSTI MORES MULIERUM; DUM MOLIUNTUR, DUM COMANTUR, ANNUS EST

„Jednou dává, kdo je požehnán, dvakrát dává kdo se nenechá prosit.“

“No sick man's monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won't say it's true.”
Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.

“The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.”
Portam itineri dici longissimam esse.

“There are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.”
Crescunt animalia quaedam minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, et per aera intus in corpus per os ac nares perveniunt atque efficiunt difficilis morbos.

“The Greek writers who have treated incidentally of agriculture are more than fifty in number. Those whom you may consult with profit are Hieron of Sicily and Attalus Philometor, among the philosophers; Democritus the physicist; Xenophon the disciple of Socrates; Aristotle and Theophrastus, the peripatetics; Archytas the pythagorean; likewise the Athenian Amphilochus, Anaxipolis of Thasos, Apollodorus of Lemnos, Aristophanes of Mallos, Antigonus of Cyme, Agathocles of Chios, Apollonius of Pergamum, Aristandrus of Athens, Bacchius of Miletus, Bion of Soli, Chaeresteus and Chaereas of Athens, Diodorus of Priene, Dion of Colophon, Diophanes of Nicaea, Epigenes of Rhodes, Evagon of Thasos, Euphronius of Athens, and his name sake of Amphipolis, Hegesias of Maronea, the two Menanders, one of Priene, the other of Heraclaea, Nicesius of Maronea, Pythion of Rhodes. Among the rest whose countries I do not know, are Andiotion, Aeschrion, Aristomenes, Athenagoras, Crates, Dadis, Dionysius, Euphiton, Euphorion, Eubulus, Lysimachus, Mnaseas, Menestratus, Plentiphanes, Persis, and Theophilus.”

“The most learned of all Romans.”
Vir Romanorum eruditissimus.