Quicksilver is used for many purposes; without it, neither silver nor brass can be properly gilt.
Marcus V. Pollio
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I, therefore, O Caesar, do not publish this work, merely prefixing my name to a treatise which of right belongs to others, nor think of acquiring reputation by finding fault with the works of any one.
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Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.
- Marcus V. Pollio