Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly c…

Samuel Johnson
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, p.264
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