Quote of François Rabelais - Ignorance is the mother of all...
Biography - François Rabelais:
French Renaissance writer
*Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: 1494 - Died: 1553
Period:
15th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1494 - Died: 1553
Period:
15th century
Place of birth: France
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes for: evil
The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.
Quotes about ignorance:
Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.
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