Public Quotes

No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.

No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.

Classes and masses.

Classes and masses.

I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
more

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.]

He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to
death and no one thanks him more

He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to
death and no one thanks him for it.
[Ger., Wer dem Publicum dient, ist ein armes Thier;
Er qualt sich ab, niemand bedankt sich dafur.]

Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket)
always does, the greatest secrets of more

Knowing as "the man in the street" (as we call him as Newmarket)
always does, the greatest secrets of kings, and being the
confidant of their most hidden thoughts.

This many-headed monster, Multitude.

This many-headed monster, Multitude.

The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]

The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]

For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor more

For who can be secure of private right,
If sovereign sway may be dissolved by might?
Nor is the people's judgment always true:
The most may err as grossly as the few.

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.

It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires
of the crowd and their unreasonable 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.]