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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.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
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.
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Gross ignorance: 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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.
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.]
Fear always springs from ignorance
Fear always springs from ignorance