There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrac…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). The Art of Controversy, p.56, Arthur Schopenhauer
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