. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praise…

Soren Kierkegaard
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. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth. ✨ Soren Kierkegaard (2013). Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing, p.112, Simon and Schuster
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. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth. ✨ Soren Kierkegaard (2013). Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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