Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Learning Quotes

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

The thrifty maxim of the wary Dutch, Is to save all the Money they can...

Where liberty is, there is my country

Where liberty is, there is my country

Humility makes great men twice honorable

Humility makes great men twice honorable

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it...

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.

He that waits upon fortune is never sure of a dinner.

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

Originality is the art of concealing your sources

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

The first mistake in public business is the going into it.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information...

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.

A man isn't poor if he can still laugh.