There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige
Unwissenheit.]

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.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.

The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.

The truest characters of ignorance
Are vanity, and pride, and annoyance.

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

If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.

If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone read more

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.