Quotes with ignorant-gathered

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  • Anne Bronte I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Aeschylus I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Jean Paul Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson 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.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Abu Bakr If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.
    Abu Bakr
    Companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (573 - 634)
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  • Aldous Huxley If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful and we prefer the pleasures of illusion.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Anna Quindlen Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Sophocles Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • Sir Joshua Reynolds Invention strictly speaking, is little more than a new combination of those images which have been previously gathered and deposited in the memory; nothing can come from nothing.
    Sir Joshua Reynolds
    British painter (1723 - 1792)
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  • William G. McAdoo It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
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  • Anna Julia Cooper It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
    Anna Julia Cooper
    American author, activist and sociologist (1858 - 1964)
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  • Publilius Syrus It is only the ignorant who despise education.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Ramakrishna It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
    Ramakrishna
    Hindu mystic and religious leader (1836 - 1886)
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  • George Orwell It's frightful that people who are so ignorant have so much influence.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Bruce Lee Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.
    Bruce Lee
    Chinese-American Actor, Director, Author, Martial Artist (1940 - 1973)
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  • William Shakespeare Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Meditation is a process of getting rid of the whole past, of getting rid of all diseases, of getting rid of all the pus that has gathered in you. It is painful, but it is cleansing, and there is no other way to cleanse you.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Bertrand Russell Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Andrea Dworkin Men know everything - all of them - all the time - no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are.
    Andrea Dworkin
    American radical feminist and writer (1946 - 2005)
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  • Samuel Johnson Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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