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 Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
 Both the great vulgar, and the small.  
 Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
 Both the great vulgar, and the small. 
 The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how 
otherwise can so many heads agree together read more 
 The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how 
otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?
 [Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot 
capita in unum conspirare possint?] 
 He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to 
death and no one thanks him read more 
 He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to 
death and no one thanks him for it.
 [Ger., Wer dem Publicum dient, ist ein armes Thier;
  Er qualt sich ab, niemand bedankt sich dafur.] 
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
 The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the 
roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear read more 
 The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the 
roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies 
man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged. 
 The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make 
the public?
 [Fr., Le public! le read more 
 The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make 
the public?
 [Fr., Le public! le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire 
un public?] 
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
 The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, 
most things according to their prejudices.
 [Lat., Vulgus read more 
 The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, 
most things according to their prejudices.
 [Lat., Vulgus ex veritate pauca, ex opinione multa aestimat.]