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Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but

Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Cities are the abyss of the human species. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile

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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. – Somerset Maugham

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All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. – Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins

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I have an affection for a great city. I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man, and enjoy the sweet security of the streets. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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