“Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.”
Adam Smith (1723–1790) Scottish moral philosopher and political economist
Source: The Wealth of Nations
“Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul”
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