It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be read more

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

His ignorance is encyclopedic.

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it read more

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of
universal knowledge.

You learn something every day if you pay attention.

You learn something every day if you pay attention.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the read more

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting."

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn