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Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left.

Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left.

Jane Austen
Ignorance, Hands, Facts
Jane Austen (2013). “Persuasion In Modern English”, p.361, BookCaps Study Guides

But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.

Jane Austen
Ignorance, Impossible
Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Illustrated)”, p.250, Full Moon Publications

She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well−informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Jane Austen
Ignorance, Vanity, Knowing
'Northanger Abbey' (1818) ch. 14

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