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There is only one evil: ignorance.
There is only one evil: ignorance.
. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
. . where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
 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.] 
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
For your ignorance is the mother of your devotion to me.
 There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
 [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige 
Unwissenheit.]  
 There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
 [Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige 
Unwissenheit.] 
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
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 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.