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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: barrier, human, ignorance, infantile, knowledge, separates, spirit, superstition, thought, virginity, virtue , would It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
by Charles Dudley Warner (Journalist, American , born in 1829) keywords: ancestors, barbarous, call, comprehend, does, each, enabled, fortunate, generation, ignorance, our, own , thus We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
by Warren Weaver (Scientist, American , born in 1894) keywords: essential, getting, ignorance, keep, more, our, science, sophisticated , view There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.
by Jessamyn West (Author, American , born in 1902) keywords: aged, alive, barriers, between, communication, elders, fact, first, forgetfulness, ignorance, longer, middle, middle-aged, often, prevent, second, still, their, themselves, two, young , youthful We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.
by John Archibald Wheeler (Physicist, American , born in 1911) keywords: does, grows, ignorance, island, knowledge, live, our, sea, shore , surrounded It is hardly fair to accuse us of ignorance when it was made a crime under the former order of things to learn enough about letters to even read the Word of God.
by George H. White (Politician, American , born in 1852) keywords: accuse, crime, enough, even, fair, former, god, hardly, ignorance, learn, letters, made, order, read, things, under, us , word My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance.
by Ryan White (Celebrity, American , born in 1971) keywords: because, family, hatred, held, ignorance, own, realized, their, those, victims , were By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
by Oscar Wilde (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: community, giving, ignorance, journalism, keeps, opinions, touch, uneducated , us I really wish there was some big brother conspiracy theory. I just think it's the ignorance of trying to make a dollar. That's what the networks have done and will continue to do. If anyone doesn't think that this is about making money, then they're crazy.
by Montel Williams (Entertainer, American , born in 1956) keywords: anyone, big, brother, conspiracy, continue, crazy, dollar, done, ignorance, just, make, making, money, networks, really, some, then, theory, think, trying, will , wish I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.
by William John Wills (Scientist, English , born in 1834) keywords: animal, characteristics, consider, found, generally, higher, ignorance, low, meanness, nothing, over, predominate, sentiments, vice , where Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
by William Wirt (Statesman, American , born in 1772) keywords: any, curiosity, desire, doubts, excited, ignorance, may, moment, never, pass, remain, return, seize, solve, subject , your There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.
by Mary Wortley (Royalty, English , born in 1689) keywords: companion, happiness, hopes, ignorance, invaluable, life, lively, makes, nothing, pay, sanguine, those, vanity, which , youth We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.
by Chauncey Wright (Philosopher, American , born in 1830) keywords: able, compulsion, ignorance, nothing, receive, resist, science, them , truths If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
by Frances Wright (Writer, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: according, bring, contented, courage, covetous, decide, disappointment, down, evidence, good, hear, ignorance, minds, more, only, ourselves, prepared, reap, should, sit, than, things, truth, upon , wisely
