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It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable read more
It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable notions.
[Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates,
et absurdas opiniones.]
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
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.]
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
