Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
- Samuel Johnson
; )
He was _so close_. Too bad he stopped at "content to be", rather than ratcheting it up to "volubly proud of being".
QBsutekh137
October 15 2009 11:04 AM EDT
Volubly and _righteously_, in fact!
QBsutekh137
October 15 2009 11:05 AM EDT
Though that might be redundant -- great use of "volubly!"
Plenty of instances of the loud and indignant ignorant!
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