Cities Quote by Victor Hugo

“The poacher works in the woods, and the smuggler in the mountains or on the sea. The towns make men ferocious because it makes…

— Victor Hugo

“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

“A beast sacred and profane bore him north, with a beautiful, terrifying woman, to defend a city wonderful in its horrors.”

— Max Gladstone

“Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high…

— Aristophanes

“It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we build our successes as…

— Nelson Algren

“Long ago the country bore the country-town and nourished it with her best blood. Now the giant city sucks the country dry, insatiably and…

— Oswald Spengler

“Men are seldom helpless against their own evil wishes, and in their souls they know it. But common men love flattery not less than…

— Mary Renault

“It was a cruel city, but it was a lovely one; a savage city, yet it had such tenderness; a bitter, harsh, and violent…

— Thomas Wolfe

“The floods which devastate regions, the fire of the lightning which reduces cities to ashes, the poison of the plague which afflicts provinces, are…

— Frederick the Great

“There are regular towns and irregular towns, there are wounded towns and sober towns and fiercely remembered towns, there are useless, but passionate towns…

— Anne Carson

“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

“Imagine cities that resemble forests, technologies that heal rather than harm, and societies rooted in balance and cooperation.”

— Ken Breniman