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Agriculture: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Turpis et ridicula res est elementarius senex: juveni parandum, seni utendum est. An old man in his rudiments is a disgraceful object. It is for youth to acquire, and for age to apply.— SENECA — Epistolæ Ad Lucilium.

XXXVI. 4. Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi. We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times.— TACITUS — Annales. II. 88.

Vitium commune omnium est, Quod nimium ad rem in senectâ attenti sumus. It is a vice common to all, that in old age we are too much attached to worldly interests.— TERENCE — Adelphi. V. 8. 30.

Annus enim octogesimus admonet me, ut sarcinas colligam, antequam proficiscar e vita. For my eightieth year warns me to pack up my baggage before I leave life.— VARRO — De Re Rustica. I. 1.

Cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad cœlum. He who owns the soil, owns up to the sky. S. Law Maxim. Continuâ messe senescit ager. A field becomes exhausted by constant tillage.— OVID — Ars Amatoria. III. 82.

Tempus in agrorum cultu consumere dulce est. Time spent in the cultivation of the fields passes very pleasantly. น.— OVID — Epistolæ Ex Ponto. II. 7. 69.

Laudato ingentia rura, Exiguum colito. Praise a large domain, cultivate a small state.— VIRGIL — Georgica. II. 412.