Famous quotes containing the words shock and/or city:
“Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings—as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil; that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“When the city gate catches fire, it’s the fish in the moat who suffer.”
—Chinese proverb.