Famous quotes containing the words pearl and/or city:
“When Alexander Pope strolled in the city
Strict was the glint of pearl and gold sedans.
Ladies leaned out more out of fear than pity
For Pope’s tight back was rather a goat’s than man’s.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“When the city gate catches fire, it’s the fish in the moat who suffer.”
—Chinese proverb.