Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ✨ …

Benjamin Franklin
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Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ✨ Benjamin Franklin (2012). Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack, p.39, Courier Corporation
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