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 The fickle populace always change with the prince.
 [Lat., Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus.]  
 The fickle populace always change with the prince.
 [Lat., Mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus.] 
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 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?] 
 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 key of the fields (street).
 [Fr., La clef des champs.]  
 The key of the fields (street).
 [Fr., La clef des champs.] 
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.