Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

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

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

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.

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it read more

But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he
is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of
universal knowledge.

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.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means.

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.]