Vitruvius on Humor
Browse 9 quotations attributed to Vitruvius, catalogued under humor, with dates where available.
This page displays 9 quotations attributed to Vitruvius and filed under "humor" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #182030: "Every hot spring has healing properties because it has been boiled with foreign substances, and thus acquires a new useful quality."
Attributed to Vitruvius, entry #161512: "One who in accordance with these notes will take pains in selecting his method of construction, may count upon having something that will last."
9 Quotes by Vitruvius on Humor
"Every hot spring has healing properties because it has been boiled with foreign substances, and thus acquires a new useful quality."
"One who in accordance with these notes will take pains in selecting his method of construction, may count upon having something that will last."
"To guard against this, we must proceed as follows. Let down a lighted lamp, and if it keeps burning, a man may make the descent without danger."
"They make a fine purple colour by treating bilberry in the same way and mixing it with milk."
"The steps in front must be arranged so that there shall always be an odd number of them; for thus the right foot, with which one mounts the first step, will also be the first to reach the level of the temple itself."
"Towns should be laid out not as an exact square nor with salient angles, but in circular form, to give a view of the enemy from many points. Defense is difficult where there are salient angles because the angle protects the enemy rather than the inhabitants."
"With regard to burnt brick... If not made of good clay or if not baked sufficiently, it shows itself defective... when exposed to frosts and rime. Brick that will not stand exposure on roofs can never be strong enough to carry its load in a wall. Hence the strongest burnt brick walls are those which are constructed out of old roofing tiles."
"The stone in quarries is found to be of different and unlike qualities. In some it is soft... in others it is medium... in still others it is hard as in lava quarries. There are also numerous other kinds: for instance, in Campania, red and black tufas; in Umbria, Picenum, and Venetia, white tufa which can be cut with a toothed saw like wood."
"In walls of masonry the first question must be with regard to the sand, in order that it may be fit to mix into mortar and have no dirt in it. The kinds of pitsand are these: black, gray, red, and carbuncular. Of these the best will be found to be that which crackles when rubbed in the hand, while that which has much dirt in it will not be sharp enough. Again: throw some sand upon a white garment and then shake it out; if the garment is not soiled and no dirt adheres to it, the sand is suitable."