Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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