Vitruvius on Family
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Vitruvius, catalogued under family, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #124364: "When the juices of trees have no means of escape, they clot and rot in them, making the trees hollow and good for nothing."
Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #199915: "When his companions wished to return to their country, and asked him what message he wished them to carry home, he bade them say this: that children ought to be provided with prop…"
3 Quotes by Vitruvius on Family
"When the juices of trees have no means of escape, they clot and rot in them, making the trees hollow and good for nothing."
"When his companions wished to return to their country, and asked him what message he wished them to carry home, he bade them say this: that children ought to be provided with property and resources of a kind that could swim with them even out of a shipwreck."
"When it appears that a work has been carried out sumptuously, the owner will be the person to be praised for the great outlay which ha has authorized; when delicately, the master workmen will be approved for his execution; but when proportions and symmetry lend it an imposing effect, then the glory of it will belong to the architect."