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

— Marcus Terentius Varro

Divina Natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes.

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Compare: "God made the country and man made the town." (William Cowper, The Task ("Sofa"), 1, 749)

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