Every man Quote by William Blake

I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks…

— William Blake

“And if these objecting London-born men stuck their faces past their own dirty alleys — oh, far edges of the world — then they…

— Michelle Butler Hallett

“The hoarse church-bells of London ring; The hoarser horns of London croak; The poor brown lives of London cling About the poor brown streets…

— Stella Benson

“And looking down on them, the other Londoners, those monsters who live in the air, the city’s uncounted population of stone men and women…

— Hilary Mantel

“The industrial towns were far away, a smudge of smoke and misery hidden by the curve of the earth's surface. Down here it was…

— George Orwell

“A sincere person owes it to themselves to expose the frightful barbarity which still prevails in the hidden depths of a society so outwardly…

— Élisée Reclus

“London is a friend whom I can leave knowing without doubt that she will be the same to me when I return, to-morrow or…

— Stella Benson

“It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy,…

— Henry James

“Now it was a vortex of crime, monsters of the dark and men and women with evil motives. No longer the proud London that…

— John Pirillo

“Some kings of England could not read or write; some died of illness which would keep us in bed only for a week or…

— P.J. Sidey

“In my own shire, if I was sad Homely comforters I had: The earth, because my heart was sore, Sorrowed for the son she…

— A.E. Housman

“Such fools we are, she thought, crossing Victoria Street. For Heaven only knows why one loves it so, how one sees it so, making…

— Virginia Woolf