"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."

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Source : Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.12

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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“Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion.”
“Music means harmony, harmony means love. Love means God.”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.32, University of Georgia Press
“Even in heavenly pleasures he finds no satisfaction, the disciple who is fully awakened delights only in the destruction of all desires.”

Source : Max Muller (2013). “Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha”, p.146, Lulu Press, Inc
“If I don't have anything better to do that day, I'll copy paintings, generally by people who have some relationship to the work of the moment.”
“Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight.”
“I think cults never stop being interesting and I'm intrigued by how we all do a tiny bit of submitting to a larger group - and how they can sneak up on you.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Why do you work so hard to make yourself disliked? I should think you'd find it happens enough on its own without putting yourself to any extra trouble.”

Source : Steven Brust (2011). “Tiassa”, p.57, Macmillan
“I watch drama. I don't watch a lot of comedy. Watching comedy is like work.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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