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    No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous
    Dark beauty flowering under veils,
    Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style:
    A village like an instinct left to rust,
    Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot.

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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

by Aristotle Found in: Cities Quotes,
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life read more

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Cities Quotes,
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The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the read more

The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants.

by George W. Bush Found in: Cities Quotes,
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Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these
seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the
illustrious read more

Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these
seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the
illustrious Homer.
[Lat., Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athenae,
Hae septem certant de stirpe insignis Homeri.]

by Anonymous Found in: Cities Quotes,
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I dwelt in a city enchanted,
And lonely indeed was my lot;
. . . .
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I dwelt in a city enchanted,
And lonely indeed was my lot;
. . . .
Though the latitude's rather uncertain,
And the longitude also is vague,
The persons I pity who know not the City
The beautiful City of Prague.

by W.j. Prowse Found in: Cities Quotes,
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Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.

Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.

by John Milton Found in: Cities Quotes,
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When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.

by Hugh Newell Jacobsen Found in: Cities Quotes,
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A rose-red city half as old as Time.

A rose-red city half as old as Time.

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A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a read more

A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise

by Mark Helprin Found in: Cities Quotes,
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