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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?]
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.
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 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.]
I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
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I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
[Ger., Ich wunschte sehr, der Menge zu behagen,
Besonders weil sie lebt und leben lasst.]
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
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.]
