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?
The Darkness That Comes Before: Book 1 of the Prince of Nothing (ed. Hachette UK, 2010) - ISBN: 9780748120130