“All the gifts which fortune bestows she can easily take away; but education, when combined with intelligence, never fails, but abides steadily on to the very end of life.””
Quotes by Vitruvius Pollio
“May the Architect be high-minded;not arrogant, but faithful;Just, and easy to deal with,without avarice;Not let his mind be occupiedin receiving gifts,But let him preserve his good namewith dignity...””
“This was how Dinocrates, recommended only by his good looks and dignified carriage, came to be so famous. But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health.””
Vitruvius Pollio
Vitruvius Pollio was a Roman architect and engineer whose work laid the foundations for architectural theory and practice in the Western world. He is best known for his treatise 'De Architectura,' a c...