John Dryden

A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.

Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below.

For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
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For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on
your way down.

Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.

Nor can his blessed soul look down from heaven,
Or break the eternal sabbath of his rest.