Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. -Thomas Jefferson

 

Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.


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This quote is just one of 84 total Thomas Jefferson quotes in our collection. Thomas Jefferson is known for saying 'Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The idle are the only wretched.

Thomas Jefferson

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

Thomas Jefferson

I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives, for it is from our lives and not from our words that our religion must be read. By the same test must the world judge me.

Thomas Jefferson

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

Thomas Jefferson

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

Thomas Jefferson