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Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non read more
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.
Passions are likened best to floods and streams,
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb.