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Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion
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.
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what read more
The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance
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.
If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.
If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.
Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.