Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star

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.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's 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.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]

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.]

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn

By ignorance we mistake, and by mistakes we learn