Cities Quote by Plutarch

That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

— Solon

The city can be the loneliest place of all.

— Steven Wilson

“A city which belongs to just one man is no true city”

— Sophocles

“Any city in any country, including my own hometown, was to me just another place where I might live or might not live.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

The city is a cultural invention enforcing on the citizen knowledge of his own nature. And this we do not like. That we are…

— Robert Ardrey

“He thought of all the people in the world who felt they'd been saved by a city. He was one of them.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“With its population made up of two categories of people, those who do business and those upon whom they prey, the city has only…

— Thomas Bernhard

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the city and on the traveler, there might begin a…

— Roman Payne

“The city was lovely. There could be no place in the world to which he belonged so completely. That was why he'd always dreamed…

— Daniel Alarcón

“A city has no sense, no sentiment, no soul.”

— Amit Kalantri

“If everyone saw himself as a citizen of the world rather than of his town, city or country, the world would be a more…

— Jim Rogers

“He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish.”

— John Vaillant