Source: Warbreaker
“Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information”
Jimmy Wales (1966) Wikipedia co-founder and American Internet entrepreneur
Jimmy Wales. Keynote speech, Wikimania, August 2006. May 19, 2006
About falseness
“I would prefer an intelligent hell to a stupid paradise.”
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher
“Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be.”
Lois McMaster Bujold The Curse of Chalion
Source: World of the Five Gods series, The Curse of Chalion (2000), p. 316
“Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.”
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) American science fiction author
Frank Herbert (1920–1986) American writer
"From The Trial of Trials", p. 252
The Bureau of Sabotage series, The Dosadi Experiment (1977)
“Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.”
Man Ray (1890–1976) American artist and photographer
As quoted in Photographers on Photography : A Critical Anthology (1966) by Nathan Lyons, p. 80 <!-- "Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934" MAN RAY, Modern Photography, November 1957, p. 85. THE AGE OF LIGHT 1934 Preface to Man Ray Photographs 1920-1934, Paris, Hartford, James T. Soby ??? -->
Context: Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask "how", while others of a more curious nature will ask "why". Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
“Stupid people always ignored good advice”
Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019) American writer
Source: All I Need Is You
“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 10.
Fables (1668–1679)
Variant: Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
