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Quotes about Ignorance
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“There's a sucker born every minute.”
“Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.”
“Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.”
“There is no darkness, but ignorance.”
“Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.”
“Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.”
“Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.”
“Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.”
“Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.”
“If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”
“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”
“Everybody is ignorant -- only on different subjects.”
“Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
“Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action.”
“Ignorance doesn't kill you, but it makes you sweat a lot.”
“It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.”
“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”
“I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.”
“A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.”
“You must not enthrone ignorance just because there is much of it.”
“I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.”
“To be conscience that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.”
“The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance.”
“Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.”
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.”
“Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.”
“Ignorance is like the itch -- the less you have of it the better off you are.”
“I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.”