Definition of Ignorance

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Ignorance

The condition of being ignorant; the want of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed.

A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.

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Ignorance Quotations

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.
Thomas Jefferson

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou

We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.
Maya Angelou

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Maya Angelou

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
Winston Churchill

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
Mark Twain

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Mark Twain

Ignorance Translations

ignorance in French is ignorance
ignorance in German is Unwissenheit, Unwissenheit
ignorance in Italian is ignoranza
ignorance in Norwegian is uvitenhet
ignorance in Spanish is ignorancia
ignorance in Swedish is okunnighet

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