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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 key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The key of the fields (street).
[Fr., La clef des champs.]
The rabble estimate few things according to their real value,
most things according to their prejudices.
[Lat., Vulgus read more
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.]
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
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.
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.
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?]
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
The multitude is always in the wrong.
