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> [There are two sorts of ignorance: we philosophize to escape ignorance; we start from the one, we repose in the other; they are the goals from which and to which we tend; and the pursuit of knowledge is but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/there-are-two-sorts-of-ignorance-we-philosophize-to-escape-ignorance/)

[Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-william-hamilton-9th-baronet/)

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> [“The greatest prison anyone can escape from is ignorance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/the-greatest-prison-anyone-can-escape-from-is-ignorance/)

[Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/)

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