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> [So oft in theologic wars, The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean, And prate about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcquiston-ii/so-oft-in-theologic-wars-the-disputants-i-ween-rail-on-in-utter/)

[John McQuiston II](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcquiston-ii/)

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> [According to our social science, we can be or become wise in all matters of secondary importance, but we have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-strauss/according-to-our-social-science-we-can-be-or-become-wise-in-all/)

[Leo Strauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-strauss/)

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> [There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations…What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-o-connell/there-is-an-utter-ignorance-of-and-indifference-to-our-sufferings-and/)

[Daniel O'Connell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-o-connell/)

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> [“What sickens me about left-wing people, especially the intellectuals, is their utter ignorance of the way things actually happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/what-sickens-me-about-left-wing-people-especially-the-intellectuals/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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