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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent. ↗

— Neal Stephenson

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Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

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The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

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I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

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Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us. ↗

— Al Capp

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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

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