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The dictum that human nature cannot be changed is one of those tiresome platitudes that conceal from the ignorant the depths of their own ignorance. — Bertrand Russell

My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance. — William S. Burroughs

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge? — Henry David Thoreau

Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

All you need in life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure ... MARK TWAIN — Julia London

Ignorance is not not knowin' - Ignorance is knowin' what ain't so. — Mark Twain

Races are very often invented from ignorance, or for very evil purposes. — Francis Lieber

Ignorance has its advantages. A universe of surprises is what I pray for! — Frank Herbert

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. — Anthony J. D'Angelo

Theology is ignorance with wings. — Sam Harris

We are ignorant of what it is we do not know even though we know more than we can ever say — G.L.S. Shackle

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches. — Arthur Schopenhauer

IGNORANCE is without gaining Knowledge & Knowledge is gained without IGNORANCE — Charleston Parker

He is led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention — Adam Smith

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance. — Thomas Fuller

We do not learn for the benefit of anyone, we learn to unlearn ignorance. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly. — Tobias Smollett

Ignorant is not the one who does not know much but the one who does not make senses. — Galina Nelson

Ignorance is bliss up to the point that it kills you. — Jeffrey Fry

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance. — John Archibald Wheeler

Nobody knows what they're doing here, so why do so many pretend they do? — Marty Rubin

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance. — Paul Harris

Where ignorance is bliss it's foolish to borrow your neighbor's newspaper. — Kin Hubbard

Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices. Never remain in the dark of ignorance. — Joy Page

I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way. — John C. Maxwell

Ignorance is constricted awareness ... — Deepak Chopra

All anybody needs to know about prizes is that Mozart never won one. — Henry Mitchell

To an ignorant lady, she wants to look attractive and beautiful while some conscienceless men prey on her life. — Sunday Adelaja

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? — Martin Freeman

Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty. — Mark Twain

John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance — Oscar Wilde

It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance. — Elizabeth Taylor

Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions and fears — Hunter S. Thompson

When it comes to money, ignorance is NOT bliss. What you don't know CAN hurt you. — Sandra S. Simmons

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. — Gustave Flaubert

Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human ... It is the end of ignorance. — Lama Surya Das

No matter how busy you make think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance — Confucius

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is brutal. The brutality of ignorance is such that it will make you dead while alive. — Jaggi Vasudev

A diamond is just another stone to one who is ignorant of its value. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Perhaps it's better to find joy in the rubble rather than celebrate in ignorance. — Catherine Jones Payne

It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear. — Aung San Suu Kyi

There will always be haters. And the more you grow the more they hate; the more they hate the more you grow. — Anthony Liccione

blissful as ignorance, — Brian Greene

Josh: I didn't know ...
Nicholas: No reason why you should have - except that your ignorance could have gotten you killed ... or worse. — Michael Scott

Stupidity is an unfortunate consequence of lousy genetic heritage. Ignorance is a choice. — Rowan Manahan

If one neglects the laws of learning, a sentence is imposed that he is forever chained to his ignorance. — Sterling W. Sill

A true scientist is bored by knowledge; it is the assault on ignorance that motivates him - the mysteries that previous discoveries have revealed. — Matt Ridley

This is how you conquer your enemies:
through their ignorance of you,
and through your knowledge of them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

not have noticed my fidgeting. His ignorance of it will make it easier to appease mother during her lecture. But it's hard — Janeal Falor

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. — George Santayana

As the sphere of understanding grows ever larger, necessarily the surface area of ignorance gets ever bigger — Dennis McKenna

He is annoyed with their lack of interest, their blithe ignorance of the arbitrary genetic lottery that has granted them their privileged lives. — Khaled Hosseini

Perception is blind to the knowledge that you cannot understand. — Lionel Suggs

Stupidity's the deliberate cultivation of ignorance. — William Gaddis

We work hard to believe that our actions really don't affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

We never accept the unaccepted, that which makes us uncomfortable. We love to ignore things till they can no longer be ignored. — Sandeep Sharma

[U]nder even the most sincere human declarations there remained unarticulated layers of despair, fury, lies, and ignorance. — Sandor Marai

The deeper we dig into our field the more we know about its details — Sunday Adelaja

Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that. — Sylvia Earle

Nothing will make you look like an idiot faster than the fact that you don't know what you doing. — Auliq Ice

There is nothing new to gain. On the other hand a man must lose his ignorance. That is all. — Ramana Maharshi

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. — Charles Dudley Warner

Ignorance was bliss. Or at least less painfull — Kiersten White

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward. — Kahlil Gibran

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents. — Barbara Mertz

People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something. — Sarah McLachlan

No one with a thirst for knowledge goes to the university now. Half of the faculty has resigned, the other half gives courses in advanced ignorance — Douglas Adams

Conclusions are ignorance arrested on the path to less ignorance. — Laozi

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

In my country we say that ignorance is the warm bath in which it is comfortable to sit but dangerous to lie down. — Marina Lewycka

Our ignorance of God is too great, because our estimations of God are too little. — Stephen Charnock

In other living creatures the ignorance of themselves is nature, but in men it is a vice. — Boethius

They hate us because we don't even know why they hate us. — John Powers

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion. — Philip Wylie

The idea of protoplasm, which was really a name for our ignorance, [is] only a little less misleading than the expression "Vital force". — John B. S. Haldane

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance. — Socrates

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. — Plato

When it comes to screening, a doctor who says 'Let's err on the side of caution,' may actually err on the side of reckless ignorance and grave harm. — Otis Webb Brawley

Science is a way of looking at the world without the rose-coloured glasses of ignorance! — Dr Steven Bottomley

Knowledge comes from learning - Ignorance is born from not wanting to know the difference! — Robbie Thomas

If it's the thought that counts, then ignorance must use a calculator — Josh Stern

Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life. — Sunday Adelaja

Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul — Plato

It is a mere needless thing to fight with ignorance with all your true strength except you can educate and change ignorance with wit and wisdom — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The plague of man is the opinion of knowledge. That is why ignorance is so recommended by our religion as a quality suitable to belief and obedience. — Michel De Montaigne

The more immoral we become in big ways, the more puritanical we become in little ways. — Florence King

Ignorance is the mother of all evils. — Francois Rabelais

Ignorance is God's prison. Knowing is God's palace — Rumi

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. — Thucydides

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. — Christian Nestell Bovee

If you know one thing very well and the rest only superficially, that one thing will always appear to be more 'unique. — Piero Scaruffi

Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries. — Charlie Campbell

What is it about me that gets them all crying? It's not the end of the world. — Diane Samuels

Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues. — Arthur Helps

The four lesser apocalyptical horsemen of Panic, Bewilderment, Ignorance, and Shouting took control of the room, — Terry Pratchett

know your ignorance; defile your ignorance — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Willful ignorance or resistance to alleged facts has been a big ingredient in any success I've had. — Rob Delaney

Raise your thoughts so high that ignorance cannot reach them. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. — Plato