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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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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.

by Andy Warhol Found in: Cities Quotes,
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In the busy haunts of men.

In the busy haunts of men.

by Mrs. Felicia D. Hemans Found in: Cities Quotes,
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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

by J. B. Phillips 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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Petite ville, grand renom.
Small town, great renown.

Petite ville, grand renom.
Small town, great renown.

by Francois Rabelais 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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Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.

by Thomas Seward Found in: Cities Quotes,
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The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

by John Milton Found in: Cities Quotes,
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He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it
built of marble.
[Lat., Urbem lateritiam read more

He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it
built of marble.
[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.]

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