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He that is not aware of his ignorance, will be only misled by his knowledge.
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The quote warns that knowledge is not automatically reliable. A person who does not recognize the limits of what they know may be misled by their own information or confidence. Awareness of ignorance makes room for caution and better judgment, while unexamined knowledge can lead someone in the wrong direction.
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- Thoughts and Apophthegms from the Writings of Archbishop Whately (1856), p. 164
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