Wednesday, August 04, 2004

 

Learning and Ignorance

Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749), book 8, chapter 13:
For men of true learning, and almost universal knowledge, always compassionate the ignorance of others; but fellows who excel in some little, low, contemptible art, are always certain to despise those who are unacquainted with that art.



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