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 No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous
 Dark beauty flowering under veils,
  Trapped in the spectrum of read more 
 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. 
 Petite ville, grand renom.
 Small town, great renown.  
 Petite ville, grand renom.
 Small town, great renown. 
 Every man cannot go to Corinthum.
 [Lat., Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum.]  
 Every man cannot go to Corinthum.
 [Lat., Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum.] 
I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
 That is the way to lay the city flat,
 To bring the roof to the foundation,
  And read more 
 That is the way to lay the city flat,
 To bring the roof to the foundation,
  And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges,
   In heaps and piles of ruin. 
 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.] 
If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
 The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a 
famous city.  
 The first requisite to happiness is that a man be born in a 
famous city. 
I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.
I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.