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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.
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
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It was a childish ignorance,
But now 'tis little joy
To know I'm further off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
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I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not
know.
[Lat., Non me pudet fateri nescire quod nesciam.]
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance.
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance
Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
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Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of
men is greatly perplexed.
[Lat., Ignoratione rerum bonarum et malarum maxime hominum vita
vexatur.]
