City God
City gods or town gods (Chinese: 城隍; pinyin: Chénghuáng) are deities in Chinese mythology, responsible for the affairs of specific cities.
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Famous quotes containing the words city and/or god:
“I don’t wanna live in a city where the only cultural advantage is that you can make a right turn on a red light.
Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance, it seems as though scientific progress and technical developments had been only taken advantage of to achieve something about which all former ages dreamed but which none had been able to realize.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)
“The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)