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Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.
Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non read more
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]
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.