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Vitruvius quotes: Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.

Dimension regulated the general scale of the work, so that the parts may all tell and be effective.

Vitruvius quotes: Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.

Music assists him in the use of harmonic and mathematical proportion.

Vitruvius quotes: Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

Vitruvius quotes: Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

Vitruvius quotes: The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

The thickness of the walls should be sufficient for two armed men to pass each other with ease.

Vitruvius quotes: Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt.

Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt.

Vitruvius quotes: Marble is not alike in all countries.

Marble is not alike in all countries.

Vitruvius quotes: Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.

Wind is a floating wave of air, whose undulation continually varies.