The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be quietly led.
Horror, detective fiction
General observation
Undated (common attribution)
Found in 2 providers: gemini,grok
Cross Reference
2 sources
"There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion."
Strange & Unusual"I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human progress is an illusion, that man is not an animal that can be perfected, but an animal that can be improved."
Humorous"I have a very strong opinion that the world is a gigantic tomb, and I am one of the corpses."
Humorous"That which you mistake for madness is but an overacuteness of the senses."
Strange & Unusual"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."
Strange & Unusual