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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.
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.
 The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, 
most things according to their prejudices.
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 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.] 
 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.] 
 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. 
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
This many-headed monster, Multitude.
 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.]