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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
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 voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together read more
The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how
otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?
[Lat., Vox populi habet aliquid divinum: nam quomo do aliter tot
capita in unum conspirare possint?]
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.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be
counted among great men.
[Lat., read more
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.]
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.]
