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«'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant»

Author: John Abbott | About: Ignorance | Keywords: asked, as to, ignorant, intelligent, questions, so much

«Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.»

Author: Benjamin Franklin (Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer) | About: Ignorance, Learning | Keywords: ignorant, shame, shamed, shames, shaming, so much, unwilling

«A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion»

Author: Chinese Proverbs | About: Decision, Wisdom | Keywords: decisions, follows, ignorant, opinion, public, public opinion, wise, wise man

«Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.»

Author: Epictetus | Keywords: careful, hopes, ignorant, instructed, instructing, instructs, rich, sons, Son o, wealth| Occasions: Graduation

«Fear an ignorant man more than a lion»

Author: Turkish Proverb | Keywords: ignorant, lion

«Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art.»

Author: Pablo Picasso (Artist, Painter) | Keywords: allowed, chaste, contact, forbidden, ignorant, innocents, prepared, sufficiently

«Better to ask a question than to remain ignorant.»

Author: Proverb | Keywords: ignorant, question, remain

«If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries.»

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | Keywords: anything, bustle, bustles, bustling, corner, cornered, discoveries, down, extraordinary, goes, go down on, hits, hit man, ignorant, In a, knew, modest, peacock, peacocks, sit, sit by, sit in, such, up and down, would

«He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked»

Author: Voltaire (Philosopher, Writer) | About: Ignorance | Keywords: answers, asked, ignorant, question

«An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.»

Author: Will Rogers | Keywords: ignorant

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