Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes… — Thomas Jefferson
Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
Notes on the State of Virginia · 1785
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Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia, edited by Frank Shuffelton. Penguin Classics, 1998, query 6.
Original citation
Jefferson, Thomas [published anonymously]. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785, query 6.