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“It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other.”

Thinking Knows Whole Individual Nations Ignorance Pride Highest Begets Whole Family

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“Slavery is the parent of ignorance, and ignorance begets a whole brood of follies and vices; and every one of these is inevitably hostile to literary culture.”

Whole Culture Parent Ignorance Slavery Vices Folly Hostile Begets

Book:The impending crisis of the South: how to meet it

Source: The impending crisis of the South: how to meet it

“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”

Two Facts Science Opinion Knowledge Ignorance Ignorant Former Two Things Latter Begets

Book:Hippocrates

Source: Hippocrates

“Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects.”

Religious Liberty Ignorance Projects Unions Corruption Sentiments Establishment Surprising Execution Separation Of Church And State Begets Facilitate Founding Fathers Religious Religious Liberty Mischievous Christian Right Religious Truth

Book:Selected Writings of James Madison

Source: Selected Writings of James Madison

“Tho' there be no such Thing as Chance in the World; our Ignorance of the real Ccause of any Event has the same Influence on the Understanding, and begets a like Species of Belief or Opinion.”

World Real Science Belief Understanding Chance Opinion Influence Events Ignorance Species Ignorant Begets

Author:David Hume

“Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.”

Knows Science Opinion Knowledge Ignorance Accounts Ignorant Begets

Author:Hippocrates