Cities give us collision. ‘Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotes November 23, 2008

Cities give us collision. ‘Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.
Cities and City Life
Quotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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