I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Quote by Oscar Wilde

Topics: Ignorance Quotes

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only the shallow know themselves.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and...

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,...

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

There is no sin except stupidity.

There is no sin except stupidity.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art...

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

There is only one class in the community that thinks more about money than the...

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...

By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the...