![There is nothing more frightful than an active ignorance.
[Ger., Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine thatige Unwissenheit.]](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-is-nothing-more-frightful-than-an-active-ignorance-ger-es-ist-nichts-sc.jpg)
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