“When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”
Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.
“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
“Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.”
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish poet and dramatist.
“In the battle for survival the ignorant man has a considerable advantage.”
“Never forget public ignorance is the government’s best friend.”
“If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people jumping up and down for joy.”
“Ignorance is not innocence, but sin.”
Robert Browning (1812 -1889) British poet.
“I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) British historian and essayist.
“I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.”
Marcus Tulius Cicero (106-43 BC) Writer, politician and great roman orator.
