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

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There isn't a difference between how I feel in the world and how I feel as a musician, or someone who writes. They are one in the same. It's just a different presentation.

Marcus Terentius Varro

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

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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. ]

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He who flees at the right time can fight again.

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What, if as said, man is a bubble. [Lat. , Quod, ut dictur, si est homo bulla, eo magis senex. ]

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