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Detective fiction1 quote
The lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside. — Arthur Conan Doyle · 1892Economic literature1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Philosophical literature1 quote
The country places and the trees won't teach me anything, and the people in the city do. — Socrates · 370 BCPolitical literature1 quote
The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. — Karl Marx · 1848Religious literature1 quote
Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. — Genesis 25:27 · 1405 BC