“His Ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.”
Arthur Conan Doyle book A Study in Scarlet
Source: A Study in Scarlet
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“Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge book Biographia Literaria
Source: Biographia Literaria (1817), Ch. XII
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India
Eminent Indians (1947)
“Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance.”
Ali al-Rida (770–818) eighth of the Twelve Imams
Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.1, p. 11 ; Wasā'il al-Shī‘ah, vol.1, p. 161.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.”
Graham Greene book The Quiet American
Source: The Quiet American
“He that is not aware of his ignorance, will be only misled by his knowledge.”
Richard Whately (1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
Thoughts and Apophthegms from the Writings of Archbishop Whately (1856), p. 164 http://books.google.com/books?id=kW8YAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA164
“The ignorant (one) is the captive of his tongue.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) imam
Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“Did ignorance save his freedom, or merely his illusion of freedom?”
Poul Anderson book There Will Be Time
Source: There Will Be Time (1972), Chapter 12 (p. 130)
“His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 61.