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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
 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.] 
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
 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 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 key of the fields (street).
 [Fr., La clef des champs.]  
 The key of the fields (street).
 [Fr., La clef des champs.] 
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.