Classic insult Quote by Benjamin Disraeli Download Open image “He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.” — Benjamin Disraeli ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Classic insult Distinguished Ignorance
He was ignorant, but a lot of people mistook ignorance for stupidity, and knowingness for intelligence. — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
“Moreover, he felt vaguely that what he called his convictions were not only ignorance but were a way of thinking that made the knowledge… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“There were times he thought it would have been far better to never have known. Yet he continued to return to his core principle:… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals… — James Smithson Copy Share Image
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli,… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend ... if you have one." — George Bernard… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." [On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.] ” — Winston S. Churchill Copy Share Image
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