Lonesome Dove Latin Quote

Novelist larry mcmurtry probably intentionally misused the latin, perhaps to make a point about augustus mccrae's tenuous understanding of the language. 4) ”better to have that and not need it than need it and not have it.”. Well what does it say in latin?

I told you, woodrow, a long time ago it ain't greek, it's latin.woodrow call: It means 'a cluster of grapes becomes a different cluster of grapes through living'. There the proverb is translated as 'the grape changes its hue ripens by looking at another grape.

The latin phrase, uva uvam vivendo varia fit that appears on the hat creek cattle company is a corruption of the phrase uva uvam videndo varia fit from the scholia to juvenal 2.81.

The latin phrase, uva uvam vivendo varia fit that appears on the hat creek cattle company is a corruption of the phrase uva uvam videndo varia fit from the scholia to juvenal 2.81. It means 'a cluster of grapes becomes a different cluster of grapes through living'. “uva uvum vivendo varium fit” “a grape darkens from seeing other grapes” it’s from juvenal’s second satire, and supposedly is a rough equivalent of our “one bad apple spoils the bunch”, although i don’t know the original context and can’t swear to this. Because of this, she continued to wait for the right man to show up and take care of her.