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> [“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitruvius-pollio/this-was-how-dinocrates-recommended-only-by-his-good-looks-and/)

Vitruvius Pollio

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## More by Vitruvius Pollio

> [“Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitruvius-pollio/writing-on-architecture-is-not-like-history-or-poetry/)

Vitruvius Pollio

> [“All the gifts which fortune bestows she can easily take away; but education, when combined with intelligence, never fails, but abides steadily on to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitruvius-pollio/all-the-gifts-which-fortune-bestows-she-can-easily-take-away-but/)

Vitruvius Pollio

> [“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vitruvius-pollio/this-was-how-dinocrates-recommended-only-by-his-good-looks-and/)

Vitruvius Pollio

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