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London is a modern Babylon.

— Benjamin Disraeli

More from Benjamin Disraeli

  1. We moralise among ruins.
  2. London is a roost for every bird.
  3. Everything comes if a man will only wait.
  4. The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
  5. When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
  6. The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
  7. He was fresh and full of faith that 'something would turn up.'
  8. When a man fell into his anecdotage, it was a sign for him to retire.

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  • history
  • morality
  • culture
  • cities

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