# Help me remember a quote!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-quote/256531>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 23, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-quote/256531 "2004-07-23T16:16:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-quote/256531/1 "2004-07-23T16:16:13Z")

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The guist of the quote is something like this:

this man, instead of being ashamed of his ignorance, learned to sharpen it and use it as a weapon.

You got the idea that he learned to use what he knew, to find out what he didn’t.  
I thought it was a neat quote, but didn’t take the time to write it down.

Any guesses? Knowledge?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-quote/256531/2 "2004-07-23T17:41:15Z")

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A browse through my (old and tattered) Bartlett gives a quote by Disraeli, about a man who “was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.”

That’s not what you were looking for, but it’s a nice quote. Sorry.