Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

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

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

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 is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

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.

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today

To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today

Ignorance never settles a question.

Ignorance never settles a question.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.