Art Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Neither do the ignorant love wisdom or desire to become wise; for this is the grievous thing about ignorance, that those who are neither…

— Plato

It is ignorance that is at times incomprehensible to the wise; for instance, he may not see 'the positive person' or 'the negative person'…

— Criss Jami

“Shun too great a desire for knowledge, for in it there is much fretting and delusion. Intellectuals like to appear learned and to be…

— Thomas à Kempis

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They…

— Frank Herbert

A wise ignorance is an essential part of knowledge.

— Plato

A word for the wise is not neccessary, it is only the foolish once that needs it.

— Joseph David

“Knowledge is wealth, wisdom is treasure, understanding is riches, and ignorance is poverty.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

A man is wise with the wisdom of his time only, and ignorant with its ignorance.

— Henry David Thoreau

“The saviour answered...and said, If you want to be perfect, you will keep these teachings. If not, you deserve to be called ignorant. For…

— Anonymous