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> [“Everyone was trying to forget something, but they could never seem to find the way to do it. All they ever seemed to do was make it worse. Such quiet madness, the masses led.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-galford/everyone-was-trying-to-forget-something-but-they-could-never-seem-to/)

[Chris Galford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-galford/)

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> [“It is doubtless true that the masses have always been led in one way or another, and it could be said that their part in history consists primarily in allowing themselves to be led, since they represent a predominantly passive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-gu-non/it-is-doubtless-true-that-the-masses-have-always-been-led-in-one-way/)

[René Guénon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-gu-non/)

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