Quote by Somerset Maugham
In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but

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

Other quotes by Somerset Maugham

It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. – Somerset Maugham

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The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. – Somerset Maugham

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A city is a large community where people are lonesome together. – Herbert Prochnow

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There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks. – Philip G. Hamerton

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God made the country, and man made the town. – William Cowper, The Task, 1785

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The city disappears street by street as you enter it. – Ian Seed

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Youd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John Kerry winning the 2004 election by five points when he actually lost by three. – John Podhoretz

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