by: Sigurd Rinde
Ray in his comments here led me to a beauty by Søren Kierkegaard:
"To win a crowd is no art; for that only untruth is needed, nonsense, and a little knowledge of human passions."
(From Provocations, spiritual writings by Kierkegaard compiled and edited by Charles E. Moore – © 2005 The Bruderhof Foundation. You can even download it here.)
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