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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 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 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.] 
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
 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 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.
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
 It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires 
of the crowd and their unreasonable read more 
 It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires 
of the crowd and their unreasonable notions.
 [Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates, 
et absurdas opiniones.]