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title: "3 Rubble Quotes By Marcus Vitruvius Pollio"
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> [There are two styles of walls "opus reticulatum," now used by everybody and the ancient style called "opus incertum." Of these, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/there-are-two-styles-of-walls-opus-reticulatum-now-used-by-everybody/)

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> [Economy denotes the the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing of cost and common sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/economy-denotes-the-the-proper-management-of-materials-and-of-site-as/)

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> [Dimension stone, flint, rubble, burnt or unburnt brick, use them as you find them. For it is not every neighborhood or particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/dimension-stone-flint-rubble-burnt-or-unburnt-brick-use-them-as-you/)

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## More by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

> [ Leave a cavity behind the \[wall\] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/leave-a-cavity-behind-the-wall-facings-and-on-the-inside-build-walls/)

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> [Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/bricks-should-be-made-in-spring-or-autumn-so-that-they-may-dry/)

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> [It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/it-is-no-secret-that-the-moon-has-no-light-of-her-own-but-is-as-it/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Burn shavings and splinters of pitch pine, and when they turn to charcoal, put them out, and pound them into mortar with size. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/burn-shavings-and-splinters-of-pitch-pine-and-when-they-turn-to/)

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> [With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/with-the-ripening-of-the-fruits-in-autumn-the-leaves-begin-to-wither/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Astronomers have a common ground for discussion with musicians in the harmony of the stars and musical concords in tetrads and triads of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/astronomers-have-a-common-ground-for-discussion-with-musicians-in-the/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [The difference between "machines" and "engines" is obviously this, that machines need more workmen and greater power to make them take effect, as for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-difference-between-machines-and-engines-is-obviously-this-that/)

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> [ The \[engineer\] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/the-engineer-should-be-equipped-with-knowledge-of-many-branches-of/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [ All these soft kinds \[of stone\] have the advantage that they can be easily worked as soon as they have been taken from the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/all-these-soft-kinds-of-stone-have-the-advantage-that-they-can-be/)

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> [Apollo at Delphi, through the oracular utterance of his priestess, pronounced Socrates the wisest of men. Of him it is related that he said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/apollo-at-delphi-through-the-oracular-utterance-of-his-priestess/)

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> [Music, also, the architect ought to understand so that he may have knowledge of the canonical and mathematical theory, and besides be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/music-also-the-architect-ought-to-understand-so-that-he-may-have/)

[Marcus Vitruvius Pollio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/)

> [Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/architecture-depends-on-order-arrangement-eurythmy-symmetry-propriety/)

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> [In all matters but particularly in architecture, that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-all-matters-but-particularly-in-architecture-that-which-is/)

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> [In felling a tree we should cut into the trunk of it to the very heart, and then leave it standing so that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-felling-a-tree-we-should-cut-into-the-trunk-of-it-to-the-very/)

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> [In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-vitruvius-pollio/in-fact-all-kinds-of-men-and-not-merely-architects-can-recognize-a/)

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