Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!
Tryon Edwards
Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
George Eliot
The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.
Now I believe I can hear the philosophers protesting that it can only be misery to live in folly, illusion, deception and ignorance, but it isn't... →
Desiderius Erasmus
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Euripides
Without feeling abashed by my ignorance, I confess that I am absolutely unable to say. In the absence of an appearance of learning, my answer has at... →
Jean Henri Fabre
Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.
Vera Farmiga
Ignorance is never better than knowledge.
Enrico Fermi
Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion.
Gustave Flaubert
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.