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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.
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.
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable read more
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night read more
The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces
astonishment.
[Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]
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.
