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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?]
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
. . . for thou art a stiff-necked people. . .
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
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.]
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.
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 public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le read more
The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make
the public?
[Fr., Le public! le public! combien faut-il de sots pour faire
un public?]
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
The public! why, the public's nothing better than a great baby.
