Ignorant Quotes

1053 Ignorant quotes by 740 unique authors

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
Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. — Natalie Goldberg
Meditation is how to drop knowledge. Meditation means how to become ignorant again. Meditation means how to become a child again, a rose bush, a… — Rajneesh
Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant and yet again descant Upon… — William Butler Yeats
We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant. — Charley Reese
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such… — William Shakespeare
None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers. — Pearl S. Buck
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of… — Seneca the Younger
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant. — Charles Caleb Colton
If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless… — George Santayana
Love that is ignorant and hatred have almost the same ends. — Ben Jonson

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