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.

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

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

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

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.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

Ignorance is not innocence but sin.

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.