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Sep 17, 2025
In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.
You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and not get wet.
Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.
The pleasures of ignorance are as great, in their way, as the pleasures of knowledge.
Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance, is the death of knowledge.
An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is not a biological issue. People are not increasing in numbers out of stupidity and ignorance. Population growth is an ecological phenomenon linked very intimately to other issues, such as the usurpation of the resources which allow people to live.
Though we do not have many poets, we certainly have more than we deserve, for we deserve none at all. It is ourselves that we are hurting by our stupidity and ignorance of poetry.
You can be sincere and still be stupid.
Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal.
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a little patronage more so.
Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.
Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people in the world?
You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant.
Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
The most violent element in society is ignorance.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.