Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.


Lecture IX : On the Conduct of the Understanding. - Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy (1849)

Sydney Smith Quotes

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.