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For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world
knows.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
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.]
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
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.
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.
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.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.
