Frontinus Quotes

• No greater care is required upon any works than upon such as are to withstand the action of water; for this reason, all parts of the work need to be done exactly according to the rules of the art which all workmen know, but few observe.

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  Art, Water, Needs

  Sextus Julius Frontinus (1913). “The two books on the water supply of the city of Rome”

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• Inventions reached their limit long ago, and I see no hope for further development.

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  Long Ago, Follow Your Dreams, Development

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• I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvement I see no further hope.

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  War, Ideas, New Work

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