“we should not become misologues, as people become misan- d
thropes. There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable
discourse. Misology and misanthropy arise in the same way. Misanthropy comes when a man without knowledge or skill has placed great
trust in someone and believes him to be altogether truthful, sound, and
trustworthy; then, a short time afterwards he finds him to be wicked
and unreliable, and then this happens in another case; when one has
frequently had that experience, especially with those whom one believed e
to be one’s closest friends, then, in the end, after many such blows,
one comes to hate all men and to believe that no one is sound in any
way at all.”