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Ignorance Quotes by Plato
- Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune.
- Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
- Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they…
- Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
- Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that…
- Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.
- Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.
- And the quality of good judgement is clearly a form of knowledge and skill, as it is because of knowledge and not because of ignorance…
- To be curious about that which is not one's concern while still in ignorance of oneself is ridiculous.
- Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but…
- All I really know is the extent of my own ignorance
- Complacent ignorance is the most lethal sickness of the soul
- Ignorance: the root of all evil.
- Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
- Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much…
More Ignorance Quotes
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
- When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society… — Isaac Asimov
- Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly… — Isaac Asimov
- Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge,… — Isaac Asimov
- Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
- Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
- India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold… — Sri Aurobindo
- Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are… — Teresa of Avila
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of… — Richard Bach
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton