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Neighborhood Quotes

"A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage."

"A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage."

Hesiod, Greek Poet

Neighborhood, Calamity

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"You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor."

"You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

Neighborhood, May, Talk, Tyranny

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"Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves."

"Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves."

Willa Cather, American Author

Neighborhood, Arrogance, Conceit, Man

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"Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze."

"Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze."

Horace, Roman Poet

Neighborhood, Safety

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