Quote#Wisdom
This many-headed monster
Quote byPhilip Massinger · 1583–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Roman Actor (1626), Act iii. Sc. 2. Compare: "Many-headed multitude", Sir Philip Sidney, Defence of Poesy, Book ii; "Many-headed multitude", William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, act ii, scene 3; "This many-headed monster, Multitude", Daniel, History of the Civil War, book ii, st. 13.
English (original)
This many-headed monster, The giddy multitude.
— Philip Massinger
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