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title: "3 Cities Long Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Cities Long quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Cities Long sayings and thoughts."
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> [Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/italian-cities-have-long-been-held-up-as-ideals-not-least-by-new/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/rebecca-solnit-569_architecture_italian-cities-have-long-been-held-up-as_1277889.png)

> [Our law very often reminds one of those outskirts of cities where you cannot for a long time tell how the streets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/our-law-very-often-reminds-one-of-those-outskirts-of-cities-where-you/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/walter-bagehot-3686_capricious_our-law-very-often-reminds-one-of-those_1396153.jpg)

> [China has some cities, traditional cities, with a long history. They are so beautiful, and they were planned so smartly. I call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ma-yansong/china-has-some-cities-traditional-cities-with-a-long-history-they-are/)

[Ma Yansong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ma-yansong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/ma-yansong-9334_beautiful_china-has-some-cities-traditional-cities_2069660.jpg)

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