Seneca the Younger Quotes About Ignorance
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Ignorance is the cause of fear.
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Our posterity will wonder about our ignorance of things so plain.
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Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself.
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The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.
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Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
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