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Quotations
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 66 likes | |
The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth. — Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer 6 likes | |
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. — Jean Cocteau, 1889-1963, French artist 3 likes | |
The Mob has many heads but no Brains. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 3 likes | |
Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you. — Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister 2 likes | |
Which is worth more, a crowd of thousands, or your own genuine solitude? — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 2 likes | |
It has been very truly said that the mob has many heads, but no brains. | |
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army. | |
Assembled in a crowd, people lose their powers of reasoning and their capacity for moral choice. | |
Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show. | |
The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it. | |
Freedom does not like crowds. | |
The definition of the individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million. | |
Wherever there is a crowd there is untruth. | |
When many gather together, people become small. They are like Milton’s devils who are forced to become pygmies in order to enter Pandemonium. | |
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy. | |
A multitude of people and yet a solitude. |
Quotes in Verse
I am the people — the mob — the crowd — the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me? — Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American poet 3 likes |
Funny Quotes
No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded. — Yogi Berra, 1925-2015, American baseball player & humorist 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
One is no one, two is a company, three is a crowd, four is a fair. Είς ουδείς, δύο πολλοί, τρεις όχλος, τέσσαρες πανήγυρις. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 4 likes | |
Crowds with foolishness is a great evil. Συν όχλω αμαθία πλείστον κακόν. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian 4 likes |
Proverbs
Two's company, but three's a crowd. 4 likes |