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Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.
Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built
many stories high.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
[Lat., Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum maxime hominum vita
vexatur.]
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.
There is only one evil: ignorance.
There is only one evil: ignorance.
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.