Nothing is worse than active ignorance.
[Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.]
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Maximen und Reflexionen
In Frederick Ungar, ed., Goethe’s World View Presented in His Reflections and Maxims (1963).
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