[10]
When the
tops of my olive trees rise too high, I lop them away,
with the result that their growth expands laterally
[p. 217]
in a manner that is at once more pleasing to the eye
and enables them to bear more fruit owing to the
increase in the number of branches. A horse whose
flanks are compact is not only better to look upon,
but swifter in speed. The athlete whose muscles
have been formed by exercise is a joy to the eye, but
he is also better fitted for the contests in which he
must engage.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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