C'est ce de quoi j'ai le plus de peur que la peur. - Michel de Montaigne

I listen with attention to the judgment of all men;
but so far as I can remember,
I have followed none but my own.

of countering it if that had been the only factor, since all non-rational inborn tendencies are a kind of disease which ought to be fought against.

In truth, knowledge is a great and very useful quality; those who despise it give evidence enough of their stupidity. Yet I do not set its value at that extreme measure that some attribute to it, such as the philosopher Herillus, who find in it the sovereign good and think it has the power to make us wise and happy.