Quote by John Ciardi
A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the wors

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. – John Ciardi

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And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,
She needs not June for beautys heightening… – Matthew Arnold

I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage. – Alan Brien

Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. About Paris – Sebastian Roch Nicolas Chamfort

I found Rome brick, I left it marble. – Caesar Augustus

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