Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved.

Intelligence is capital.

... smart but not wise.

Granny sighed. "You have learned something," she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. "They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

How can people be so stupid? I marvel at that. See, I think you have to work as being ignorant - and if you're gonna work at being ignorant, why not work at being informed?

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.

'Tis folly to be wise.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are stupid or intelligent.

Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Ignorance is no excuse, it's the real thing.

One's ignorance is one's chief asset.

Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.

The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant …

There are no wise few.

Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion.