It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
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It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

Your ignorance cramps my conversation

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance