Home » Quote » Ralph Waldo Emerson » „There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.“ „There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson Related quotes „For to be wise and love exceeds man's might.“ — William Shakespeare „Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.“ — Robert A. Heinlein „A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.“ — Confucius „I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant.“ — William Saroyan „In future, Clarissa," he said, "it might be wise to mention that you already have a man in your bed, to avoid such tedious situations.“ — Cassandra Clare „There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.“ — James Baldwin