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“An illusion of depth often occurs if a blockhead is a muddlehead at the same time”

Ifs Ignorance Illusion Depth Blockheads

Book:No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus

Source: No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus

“I suspect people would be in for a real shock if they knew the depths of his [Obama's] historical ignorance.”

People Ifs Real Would Be Ignorance Historical Depth Shock Suspects

Author:Charles Foster Johnson

“Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue.”

People Long Virtue Progress Crime Ignorance Hero Slavery Moved Depth Monsters Lowest Prodigies

Book:History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

Source: History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution. From Unpublished Sources

“The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.”

Sound Ignorance Depth Deeper Endeavor Chasms

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.”

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Author:Richard Bach

“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.”

World Believe Ends Belief Ignorance Masters Tragedy Mark Depth Injustice Butterfly End Of The World Reluctant Messiah Caterpillars Illusions Of Life

Author:Richard Bach

“Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.”

May Helping Bigs Force Ignorance Projects Tasks Depth Lists Lions Organize Whips Constituents

Author:Adam Savage

“The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature... It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of twentieth-century science to the human intellect.”

Feels Humans Truth Science Pieces Century Ignorance Depth Intellect Significant Ignorant Contribution Scope Twentieth Century Confrontation Scientific Discovery Scientific Truth Discovery In Science

Book:A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays

Source: A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays

“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”

Men Wisdom Wise Ignorance Depth Stupidity

Author:Gian Carlo Menotti

“Fullness of knowledge always and necessarily means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance, and that is always conducive to both humility and reverence.”

Mean Understanding Humility Ignorance Depth Reverence Fullness Humility And Leadership

Author:Robert Andrews Millikan