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

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

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Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission. ↗

— James Bovard

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The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand. ↗

— Cesare Lombroso

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You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark. ↗

— William Cavendish

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I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals. ↗

— Fred Melamed

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I'm quite ignorant about fashion and I'm colourblind, so it's all a tad tricky. My only knowledge of that world comes through Christopher Bailey, whom I first met in 2008 when I did a campaign for Burberry that featured musicians, artists, actors and sportsmen. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. ↗

— Sydney Smith

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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away. ↗

— Sophocles

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It is only the ignorant who despise education. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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