Top Metropolis Quotes

London is on the whole the most possible form of life.

[Soho] is all things to all men, catering comprehensively for those needs which money can buy. You see it as you wish. An agreeable place to dine; a cosmopolitan village tucked away behind Piccadilly...

Metropolis Definition

(n.) The mother city; the chief city of a kingdom, state, or country.

(n.) The seat, or see, of the metropolitan, or highest church dignitary.

It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent. You can draw up a treme...