The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.

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.

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable read more

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths,
which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence

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.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.