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Anthony Burgess Quotes: Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.
         

Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.


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This page presents the quote "Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.". Author of this quote is Anthony Burgess. This quote is about overrated, rome, belief, cities, atheism,.