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It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro

It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities.

In the original Latin

Divina natura dedit agros, ars humana aedificavit urbes.

Marcus Terentius Varro
27 BC
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Rural vs. urbanCities
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27 BCClassical antiquity
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Marcus Terentius Varro
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Varro, Marcus Terentius. Rerum rusticarum libri tres [Three Books on Agriculture]. 1st century BC, bk. 3.

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