Josh Billings Quotes About Ignorance

Quotes about: Ignorance

• It is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so.

  Josh Billings

  Attitude, Believe, Ignorance

  Josh Billings (1874). “Everybody's Friend, Or Josh Billing's Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor”, p.286

• The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

  Josh Billings

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Ignorance

• It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

  Josh Billings

  Ignorance, Doe, Damage

• Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.

  Josh Billings

  Ignorance, Nurse, Prejudice

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

• Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.

  Josh Billings

  Ignorance, Stupidity, Unconscious

• True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

  Josh Billings

  Ignorance, Reflection, Arrogance

• Man isn't a fool for his ignorance, but rather for believing things that are wrong.

  Josh Billings

  Believe, Ignorance, Men

• Ignorance ain't not knowin' stuff; ignorance is knowin' stuff that AIN'T TRUE.

  Josh Billings

  Ignorance, Stuff

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