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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. 
 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.] 
 We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of 
the people is the voice read more 
 We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of 
the people is the voice of God, for the voice of the mob is near 
akin to madness.
 [Lat., Nec audiendi sunt qui solent dicere vox populi, vox dei; 
cum tumultus vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.] 
 The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is 
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species read more 
 The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment is 
foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is 
wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species it always acts 
right. 
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 tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
 He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be 
counted among great men.
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 He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be 
counted among great men.
 [Lat., Qui ex errore imperitae multitudinis pendet, hic in magnis 
viris non est habendus.] 
 Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket) 
always does, the greatest secrets of read more 
 Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket) 
always does, the greatest secrets of kings, and being the 
confidant of their most hidden thoughts.