| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Ignorance |
| | | Better have disease in the body than ignorance in the mind. Modern Greek. | 1 |
| Double ignorance is where a man is ignorant that he is ignorant. Plato. | 2 |
| From ignorance our comfort flows. | 3 |
| The only ignorant are the wise. Prior. | 4 |
| Ignorance and prosperity make men bold and confident. | 5 |
| Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. | 6 |
| Ignorance is less hateful than conceitedness. | 7 |
| Ignorance is preferable to error. Jefferson. | 8 |
| Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shakespeare. | 9 |
| Ignorance is the mother of impudence. | 10 |
| Ignorance never settles a question. Benjamin Disraeli. | 11 |
| Ignorance shuts its eyes and believes it is right. Punch. | 12 |
| Ignorant men differ from beasts only in their figures. Cleanthes. | 13 |
| It is better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune. Plato. | 14 |
| Nothing is more terrible than active ignorance. Goethe. | 15 |
| What ignorance to kick against the pricks. Terence. | 16 |
| Where ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to be wise. Gray. | 17 | | |
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