Ignorant Quotes

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Ignorance is not innocence but sin. — Robert Browning
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant. — Amos Bronson Alcott
Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us. — Al Capp
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were… — Giacomo Casanova
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. — Richard Cecil
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The reason there's so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it. — Frank A. Clark
Burnin' churches, fearin' God, Who can be so cruel, We all ignorant to AIDS, Till it happens to you. — Tupac Shakur
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. — Lucretius
The real argument against aristocracy is that it always means the rule of the ignorant. For the most dangerous of all forms of ignorance is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument. — Unknown Author
The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition to this, the Pope is… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. — Thomas Paine
Luck is merely an illusion, trusted by the ignorant and chased by the foolish. — Timothy Zahn
There are three ways in which a ruler can bring misfortune on his army: By commanding the army to advance or to retreat, being ignorant… — Sun Tzu
Those who are skilled in combat do notbecome angered, those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid. Thus the wise win before they… — Zhuge Liang
His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old… — Stephen King
The ultimate victory of tomorrow is democracy, and through democracy with education, for no people in all the world can be kept eternally ignorant or… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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