A Quote by Saadi

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant. — © Saadi
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

Quote Author

To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world. To be deceived is to be the slave of another man. The question will always be: Why, when all men are ignorant, and therefore already slaves, does this latter slavery sting us so?
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]
Ignorant have always the tendency to see the donkey as the noble horse, to see the pig as the lion! Ignore the judgements of the ignorant, because ignorant makes the ant elephant; he declares the stupid as the intelligent; he carries the silly on his shoulders!
The way love feels is always only approximate. I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.
There is an ancient script that says, 'He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be ignorant.' But I took off the last word and it now reads for me like this: He that wishes to be ignorant, let him be!
Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge; and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.
Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some men are too ignorant, and vicious, to share in government. Possibly so, said we; and, by your system, you would always keep them ignorant, and vicious. We proposed to give all a chance; and we expected the weak to grow stronger, the ignorant wiser; and all better, and happier together.
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
People are just so insensitive because they're ignorant; they don't understand, so they're scared of what they're ignorant of.
Ignorant people remain ignorant because they have a secret agreement to call one another intelligent.
Wherever there is an ignorant mass, you will see a flag of an ignorant leader fluctuating with glory!
This site uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. More info...
Got it!