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Which Quotes by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
- From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of…
- I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of…
- Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.
- Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with…
- Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary…
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