Quote by Frederick the Great

“The first is the sorrow and pain of (need) sickness; 5. The second, the massive burning and destruction of many cities; 6. The third,…

— Joseph B. Lumpkin

“When men follow justice the city blooms, the earth bears rich harvests, and children and flocks increase; but for the unjust all nature is…

— Christopher Henry Dawson

“The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce side, but…

— Victor Hugo

“Floods are an act of God; flood damages result from the acts of men.”

— Gilbert White

Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.

— Anonymous

“The arrogance of wealth and the dejection of wretchedness, capital cities of unwonted extent, a lax morality, a vulgar egotism, and a great confusion…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares…

— Voltaire

“To augment their misery, a contagious disorder of a dangerous nature spread through the land; and, rendered more virulent by the uncleanness, the indifferent…

— Walter Scott

“Misfortune and experience are lost upon mankind, when they produce neither reflection nor reformation. Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases…

— Thomas Paine

“And of all the plagues with which mankind are cursed, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.”

— Daniel Defoe

“Oh, the torment bred in the race, the grinding scream of death and the stroke that hits the vein, the hemorrhage none can staunch,…

— Aeschylus

This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale…

— A. N. Wilson