Vitruvius book De architectura
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book X, Chapter XVI, Sec. 1
“A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it”
— Hesiod, book Works and Days
Source: Works and Days
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