#ignorant

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time. ↗

— Joseph Lewis

#always #author #been #books #burning

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days. ↗

— Plutarch

#celebrated #childhood #continue #days #ignorant

Till the sun of knowledge shines on the ignorant masses and till all the men start hating violence, the world shall find no peace! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#men

Atheists don’t hate fairies, leprechauns, or unicorns because they don’t exist. It is impossible to hate something that doesn't exist. Atheists — like the painting experts hated the painter — hate God because He does exist. ↗

— Ray Comfort

#atheism #hatred #ignorant #atheist

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie. ↗

— Mark Twain

#boy #commonest #could #even #george

Before the war there were many who were more or less ignorant of the international labor movement but who nevertheless turned to it for salvation when the threat of war arose. They hoped that the workers would never permit a war. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#before #hoped #ignorant #international #labor

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

#doubt #ignorant #science #teaches #true

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#heads #himself #ignorant #knows #lecture

I was truly ignorant about art before the film. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#art #before #film #i #ignorant

He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked. ↗