#ignorance

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

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I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Ignorance is ultimately the worst enemy of a people who want to be free. ↗

— Jonathan Hennessey

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We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

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In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor. ↗

— Paul Harris

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When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it. ↗

— Paul Harris

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