Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

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.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it
through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into read more

Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge, but passes into it
through an intermediate state of obscurity, even as night into
day through twilight.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds