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Anonymous
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.
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Ben Hecht
There is hardly one in three of us who live in the cities who is not sick with unused self.
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Bible
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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Bible
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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Cyril Connolly
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
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Desmond Morris,
Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
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Euripides
The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a famous city.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets.
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Horace, Satires
In Rome you long for the country; in the country - oh inconstant! - you praise the distant city to the stars.
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John Masefield
Friends and loves we have none, nor wealth, nor blest abode But the hope, the burning hope, and the road, the lonely road. Not for us are content, and quiet, and peace of mind, For we go seeking cities that we shall never find.
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