#ignorance

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. ↗

— Plato

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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal. ↗

— Plato

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Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. ↗

— Plato

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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

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We can choose between the future and the past, between reason and ignorance, between true compassion and mere ideology. ↗

— Ron Reagan

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Now, ignorance is one thing, ignorance can be cured. But many of the Republican leaders opposing this research know better. ↗

— Ron Reagan

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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. ↗

— Bill Richardson

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America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance. ↗

— William Gaddis

#deliberate #ignorance #stupidity

In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance. ↗

— Theodore Dreiser

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