Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

The learned man knows that he is ignorant.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education.

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

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

It is only through reading that one can understand how people are smarter than you and what they have left behind for you.

No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.

Who does not understand should either learn, or be silent.

The only death I fear is dying ignorant.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

The man who realizes his ignorance has taken the first step toward knowledge.

What I've come to know is that in life, it's not always the questions we ask, but rather our ability to hear the answers that truly enriches our understanding. Never, never stop learning.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

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

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.