"Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several……" — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
"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 each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole."
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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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