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Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
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
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.
There is no darkness but ignorance.
There is no darkness but ignorance.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them