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William Shakespeare Quotes about Ignorance

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In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.

In friendship, as in love, we are often happier through our ignorance than our knowledge.

William Shakespeare
Ignorance

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

William Shakespeare
God, Ignorance, Knowledge
William Shakespeare (1826). “Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.521

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

William Shakespeare
Ignorance, Knowledge, Darkness
1601 Feste to Malvolio.Twelfth Night, act 4, sc.2, l.43-4.

I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on't; it hath made me mad.

William Shakespeare
Ignorance, Names, Mad
William Shakespeare (2013). “Making Sense of Hamlet! a Students Guide to Shakespeare's Play (Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling)”, p.201, BookCaps Study Guides

The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance, be thine in great revenue!

William Shakespeare
Ignorance, Stupidity, Common
William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson (1791). “Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes. To which is Now Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.1570

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