Quote by George Bancroft
The public is wiser than the wisest critic. - George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic. – George Bancroft

Other quotes by George Bancroft

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force. – George Bancroft

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Intelligence
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. – George Bancroft

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Hair
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Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public. – Johann von Goethe

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The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man. – Richard Milhous Nixon

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Public

The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. – John Keats

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The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral. – Oscar Wilde

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Out of moderation a pure happiness springs. – Johann von Goethe

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