#ignorance

Ignorance: that blind faculty equally ready to believe and fear the same thing when augmented by knowledge. ↗

— Bauvard

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It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge. ↗

— Arnold H. Glasow

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Ignorance is not innocence but sin. ↗

— Robert Browning

#innocence #sin

In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope. ↗

— Aberjhani

#election-year-politics #hate-crimes #hatred #humanity #hypocrisy

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ↗

— Will Durant

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The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. ↗

— Wayne Dyer

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The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him. ↗

— Crystal Eastman

#average #average man #carefully #cheerful #crumbs

His ignorance is encyclopedic. ↗

— Abba Eban

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Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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On our plane knowledge and ignorance are the immemorial adversaries. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

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