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Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.
The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.
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.
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn
By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn
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.
