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It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove read more
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is wiser than the wisest critic.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
The public have neither shame nor gratitude.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
What we say is important... for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.