#all

An easy approach to the walls must be provided against: indeed they should be surrounded by uneven ground, and the roads leading to the gates should be winding and turn to the left from the gates. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#approach #easy #gates #ground #indeed

Care should be taken that all buildings are well lighted: in those of the country this point is easily accomplished, because the wall of a neighbour is not likely to interfere with the light. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#because #buildings #care #country #easily

From the exterior face of the wall towers must be projected, from which an approaching enemy may be annoyed by weapons, from the embrasures of those towers, right and left. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#approaching #enemy #exterior #face #left

Perhaps, to the uninformed, it may appear unaccountable that a man should be able to retain in his memory such a variety of learning; but the close alliance with each other, of the different branches of science, will explain the difficulty. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#alliance #appear #branches #close #different

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

— Marcus V. Pollio

#armed men #each #ease #men #other

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

— Marcus V. Pollio

#continually #floating #varies #wave #whose

No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things. ↗

— Channing Pollock

#better #better things #doing #how #lead

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway. ↗

— Iggy Pop

#greatest #i #i think #mirror #myself

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#around #ease #feel #floor #four

When I see somebody being mistreated, my eyes tear up and I want to stop it. And I believe that the best thing I can do is to write about it, because if I insert myself into the equation it doesn't really do much good, but if I write about it I think it could do more good. ↗

— John Pomfret

#because #being #believe #best #could