"we have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood"
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Ignorance Quotes
"There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught."
"Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left."
"... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance."
"he who will not economize will have to agonize"
"I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure — that is all that agnosticism means."
"Education is a system of imposed ignorance."
"When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today."
"People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. And while they seem quite eager to feed you their negativity, please remember that sometimes the diet we need to be on is a spiritual and emotional one. Be cautious with what you feed your mind and soul. Fuel yourself with positivity and let that fuel propel you into positive action."
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
"Nobody can make you feel ignorant but you—the you from before, the one who skipped school and slept in class. By you, of course, I mean me."
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions."
"At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you."
"The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end."
"Abhorrence towards bitter circumstances and attachment towards sweet ones is the nature of agnan (ignorance of the self). Bitter and sweet will not exist if agnan (ignorance of the self) leaves."
"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation."
"It is important to know the stories and histories of things, even if all we know is that we don't know."
"Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education."
"Aujourd'hui, on cherche partout à répandre le savoir; qui sait si, dans quelques siècles, il n'y aura pas des universités pour rétablir l'ancienne ignorance?"