Quote of Marcus Tullius Cicero - If you have a garden and...

Biography - Marcus Tullius Cicero:

Roman politician and lawyer.
Born: -106 - Died: -43
Period:
1st century BC
2nd century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ad Familiares, Letter IV to Varro

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Letter to Varro

Quote source: Ad Familiares, Letter IV to Varro

University of Pennsylvania Libraries - openn library - Epistolae ad familiares (Letters to friends) (la)

Wikisource - Epistulae ad Familiares IX (la)

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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Translation

(French, Latin, German, Italian)

Si tu as un jardin et une bibliothèque, rien ne te manquera.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ad Familiares, lettre IV à Varron

Si hortum cum bibliotheca habes, nil deerit.

Wenn du einen Garten und eine Bibliothek hast, wird es dir an nichts fehlen.

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Ad Familiares, Brief IV. an Varro

Se presso alla biblioteca ci sarà un giardino, nulla ci mancherà.

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