#ignorance

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. ↗

— George Eliot

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Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't -it's human. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. ↗

— Edward de Bono

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With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral. ↗

— James Bovard

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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

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Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at least one merit, that of perfect sincerity. ↗

— Jean Henri Fabre

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Gross ignorance is 144 times worse than ordinary ignorance. ↗

— Bennett Cerf

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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