The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one
walking in the night.

The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one
walking in the night.

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
[Lat., read more

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.]

Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had
only one idea, and that was wrong.

Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had
only one idea, and that was wrong.

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

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non read more

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn

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.