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Do not wonder, if the common people speak more truly than those of high rank; for they speak with more safety.

— Francis Bacon

Ne mireris, si vulgus verius loquatur quam honoratiores; quia etiam tutius loquitur.

Original text (Latin)

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Exempla Antithetorum, IX. Laus, Existimatio (Pro.)

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