Despised Quote by Agnes Mary Clerke

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

— Baltasar Gracian

Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure.…

— Sri Chinmoy

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

— KRS-One

“Many of the people who campaign against established knowledge are otherwise adept and successful in their daily lives. In some ways, it is all…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Knowing ignorance is strength; ignoring knowledge is sickness.

— Laozi

Knowledge is spread amongst all, I fear for the incompent ignorants!

— Peete Morbit

Knowledge can only be limited. Ignorance is boundless. In recognizing our ignorance, we will touch that which is boundless.

— Jaggi Vasudev

I think that knowledge enslaves us, that at the base of all knowledge there is a servility, the acceptation of a way of life…

— Georges Bataille

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

— Josh Billings

Ignorance makes for weakness and fear; knowledge gives strength and confidence. Nothing surprises an intellect that knows all things with a sense of discrimination.

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable