Architect Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“As for philosophy, it makes an architect high-minded and not self-assuming, but rather renders him courteous, just, and honest without avariciousness. This is very important, for no work can be rightly done without honesty and incorruptibility.”

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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