Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.
In plain words
Not knowing something isn't shameful - refusing to learn it is.
Where these words come from
- 90% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Poor Richard's Almanack (aphorism #76), Franklin's own annual almanac, published Philadelphia 1733-1758.
- Poor Richard's Almanack
- 1733-1758 · Philadelphia · annual almanac aphorism
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