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Quotation from Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer

“Remember rather that the man who writes for fools always finds a large public”

Arthur Schopenhauer (spoken by Schopenhauer)

Essays and Aphorisms, 'On Reading and Books', trans. Mrs. Rudolf Dircks (Sara Hay Goddard Dircks)

Portrait of Arthur Schopenhauer

Advising readers to pass over the popular books of the moment and read the works of great minds instead.

Citation: "Remember rather that the man who writes for fools always finds a large public" — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms, 'On Reading and Books', trans. Mrs. Rudolf Dircks (Sara Hay Goddard Dircks). (id essays-and-aphorisms-q13)

Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.

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