Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.
Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.
Ignorance ... is a painless evil; so, I should think, is dirt, considering the merry faces that go along with it.
When ignorance reigns, life is lost...
Ignorance is not innocence.
Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
The logic of all this seems to be that it is all right for young people in a democracy to learn about any civilization or social theory that is not dangerous, but that they should remain entirely ignorant of any civilization or social theory that might be dangerous on the ground that what you don't know can't hurt you ... a complete denial of the democratic principle that the general diffusion of knowledge and learning through the community is essential to the preservation of free government.
The truth is scary, but knowing nothing is crippling.
When we act ignorant as a community, we are not doing the right thing.
Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues.
What we do not understand, we cannot control.
It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant; the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance.
As if there were safety in stupidity alone
