Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Vulgar people take huge delight in the faults and follies of great men. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2013). The Art of Controversy, p.57, Simon and Schuster
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