There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

Quote by Mary Worley Montagu

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The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

The manners of mankind do not differ so widely as our voyage writers would make...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

Take back the beauty and wit you bestow upon me; leave me my own mediocrity...

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was...

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of...

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance

There is no darkness but ignorance.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

His ignorance is encyclopedic

His ignorance is encyclopedic

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from truth who believes nothing,...

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

Ignorance is the mother of devotion

Ignorance is the mother of devotion

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

What is more frightening than any particular policy or ideology is the widespread habit of...

There is no means by which men so powerfully elude their ignorance, disguise it from...

There is no means by which men so powerfully elude their ignorance, disguise it from...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age