Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
— Sydney Smith, Lecture IX : On the Conduct of the Understanding (via triadic)
(via wesleyhill)
This is Luke's Commonplace Book, circa April, 2007.
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
— Sydney Smith, Lecture IX : On the Conduct of the Understanding (via triadic)
(via wesleyhill)
“[H]ave the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of...