Samuel JohnsonMankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
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If knowledge is easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. The truth in this quote is that most people prefer to stay in the dark and avoid doing anything that requires a lot of effort. It takes a lot of hard work to do anything worth doing, and most people prefer the easy way out.
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