Quoth he [Alexander] "... as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, so a city cannot thrive without fields and the fruits thereof pouring into its walls."


Introduction, Sec. 3 - De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC) - Book II

Vitruvius Quotes

Quoth he [Alexander] ... as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, ...

Quoth he [Alexander] ... as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, ...

Quoth he [Alexander] ... as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, ...

Quoth he [Alexander] ... as a newborn babe cannot be nourished without the nurse's milk, nor conducted to the approaches that lead to growth in life, ...