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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There are also kinds of water that cause death, as they run through harmful juices in the soil and become poisonous.
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Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being…
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Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.
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Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.
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Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense…
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A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.
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Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music,…
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Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the…
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But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small…
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From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from…
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Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.
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Commodity, firmness, delight...
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Hence as a private man has a right to say what wages he will give in his private affairs, so has a…
— Samuel Adams
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Hell is out of fashion - institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs,…
— J. G. Ballard
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That feelings of love and hate make rational judgments impossible in public affairs, as in private affairs, we can clearly enough see…
— Herbert Spencer
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I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs,…
— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington
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Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially. When they are growing up, they are nerve ends all over, and…
— Robert A. Heinlein
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A wise man should not divulge the formula of a medicine which he has well prepared; an act of charity which he…
— Chanakya
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I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
— Karl Kraus
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I am not going to answer any questions as to my association, my philosophical or religious beliefs or my political beliefs, or…
— Pete Seeger
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A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators…
— Barton Gellman
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