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• We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Work, Stupid

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• Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War...

  Louis Pasteur

  War, Triumph

  "Louis Pasteur, Free Lance of Science" by René Jules Dubos, (Ch. 3 "Pasteur in Action"), 1960.

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• I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.

  Socrates

  Certainty, My Own, Knows

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• The tram can run over you only if you are on the tram way! The darkness can run over you only if you are on the ignorance way!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Running, Over You, Darkness

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• Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.

  Socrates

  Admitting, Firsts, Acquiring Knowledge

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• To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not.

  Eric Hoffer

  Education, Truth, Knowledge

  Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”

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• Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Education, Money, Roots

  Johnson, Lyndon B. (1966). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965”, p.27, Best Books on

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• Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance.

  Solomon Schechter

  Self, Complacency, Companion

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• Promises made out of ignorance should not be kept.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Women, Promise, Made

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• Worry is half impatience and half ignorance.

  Austin O'Malley

  Worry, Half, Impatience

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• I envy animals for two things - their ignorance of evil to come, and their ignorance of what is said about them.

  Voltaire

  Animal, Two, Evil

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• Boldness is a child of ignorance

  Francis Bacon

  Children, Boldness

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Boldness'.

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• The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.

  Wayne Dyer

  Karma, Clever, Knowledge

  "Open Letter to Michelle Duggar - Ignorance is Not Bliss" by Mary J. Moss, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 22, 2014.

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• All suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Spiritual, Pain

  The 14th Dalai Lama's Acceptance Speech, on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 1989.

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  Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Knowledge, Hunting, Stupidity

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.5797, e-artnow

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• Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Learning, Ignorant

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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  When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

  Barack Obama

  Ignorant, Want, Folks

  Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 27, 2014.

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• Ignorance is death. A closed mind is a catafalque.

  Anna Quindlen

  Mind, Closed Mind

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• Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

  George Ade

  Wise, Bliss, Ignorance Is Not Bliss

  George Ade (1920). “Hand-made Fables”

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• There's nothing as safe as ignorance or as dangerous.

  Rex Stout

  Safe, Dangerous

  Rex Stout (2010). “Triple Jeopardy”, p.179, Bantam

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• Ignorance is learned; innocence is forgotten.

  Jose Bergamin

  Innocence, Forgotten

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• Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

  Hippocrates

  Father, Medicine, Opinion

  The Canon Law IV

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  The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Inspiring, Education, Wisdom

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

  Aldous Huxley

  Education, Children, Teaching

  Aldous Huxley, Robert S. Baker, James Sexton (2000). “Complete Essays: 1920-1925”, Ivan R Dee

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• Blind and naked ignorance delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, on all things all day long

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Long, Naked, Judgment

  Alfred Lord Tennyson (2013). “Idylls of the King”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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