Josh Billings Ignorance Quotations

The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

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

Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.

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

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

Stupidity,--unconscious ignorance.

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

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