#ignorance

Though there be no such thing as Chance in the world; our ignorance of the real cause of any event has the same influence on

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The best expedient to prevent confusion, is to be modest in our pretensions; and even to discover the difficulty

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If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he’ll never

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To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

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Men do not like to admit themselves wrong. It is absurd, but it is so. Men, trivial, wretched creatures, proved by history

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Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did

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Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.

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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance?

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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

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It is impossible for someone who is completely ignorant about nature to wash away his fears about the most important matters

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We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly

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Reason contradicts the established order of men and things on behalf of existing societal forces that reveal the

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Fools and wise-folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.

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The more vast the amount of time we’ve left behind us, the more irresistible is the voice calling us to return to it.

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Show me a mortal who is not pursued, and I'll show you a corpse. Every hunter is hunted, every mind that knows itself ...

If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance. Romain Gary...