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Cities became great because people loved them first, not the reverse
Drawn from what G. K. Chesterton said
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- G. K. Chesterton English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936)
People first paid honour to a spot and afterwards gained glory for it. Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.
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