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.

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.

Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.

Ignorance is the dominion of absurdity.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own 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.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.