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William Cowper2 quotes
He likes the country, but in truth must own,
Most likes it, when he studies it in town. — William Cowper · 1782God made the country, and man made the town. — William Cowper · 1785Arthur Conan Doyle1 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 · 1892Charles Caleb Colton1 quote
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. — Charles Caleb Colton · 1820Ezra Pound1 quote
All great art is born of the metropolis. — Ezra Pound · 1913Karl Marx1 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 · 1848Marcus Terentius Varro1 quote
It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities. — Marcus Terentius Varro · 27 BCOliver Goldsmith1 quote
I see the rural virtues leave the land. — Oliver Goldsmith · 1770Percy Bysshe Shelley1 quote
Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs. — Percy Bysshe Shelley · 1822Socrates1 quote
The country places and the trees won't teach me anything, and the people in the city do. — Socrates · 370 BCThomas Jefferson1 quote
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there shall be vacant lands in any part of America. When they get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, they will become corrupt as in Europe. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787