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Nature made the fields and man the cities. - [Proverbs] Now is it surprising, because it is Providence that has given us the country and the art of man that has built the cities. - [Providence] What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. [Lat., Idem Accio quod Titio jus esto.] - III, XVI, 13, quoting Gellius [Geese : Proverbs] For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life. [Lat., Annus enim octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam, antequam proficisvare vita.] - De Re Rustica (I, 1) [Age] 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.] - De Re Rustica (I, 2) [Health] Divine Nature gave the fields, human art built the cities. [Lat., Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes.] - De Re Rustica (III, 1) [Cities] What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat., Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex.] - Preface to De Re Rustica [Man]
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