# Quote — Matt Hughes, Fools Errant

> “Knowledge can be a hindrance to right action,” answered the little man. “There are those who hold that, if we but knew the full ramifications of even our least deeds, the ensuing concatenations of cause and effect would paralyze us with indecision.”

- Author: [Matt Hughes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes.md)
- Book: [Fools Errant](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant.md)
- Page: 52
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Matthew_Hughes_(writer)#Fools_Errant_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/knowledge-can-be-a-hindrance

## More from this book

> “This conversation would be more easily conducted,” said Filidor, “if I had any notion of what you are talking about.”

p. 124 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/this-conversation-would.md)

> “We all use the world, and are used by it,” he said, after a moment. “Some of us are more aware than others of using and being used. It is our fortune to have fewer illusions.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/we-all-use.md)

> “I will inform the world of your preference,” said Gaskarth, “but I doubt it will lead to any significant improvements in your lot.”

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/matt-hughes/fools-errant/i-will-inform.md)