"Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance."

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"Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance."

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"Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value."

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"Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself."

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Steven Magee, British Author

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

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"The majority of people on earth are ignorant of what their time should be used for."

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Bryant McGill, American Poet

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