To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.

Marion Zimmer Bradley
To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.
To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.
To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.
To know you are ignorant is the beginning of wisdom.
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If you know that you are ignorant of a particular subject, then you have taken the first step towards wisdom. As with any knowledge, though, it is only useful when you can put that knowledge to work. In this case, not knowing isn’t a problem. It’s a way to be educated in a particular area. But if you’re not going to use the knowledge once you have it, then it doesn’t really matter how much you know about a subject.

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