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halcyon days | 14:14 Mon 05th Jan 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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Who when a faulty statement was written is reputed to have said"I didn't check my reference, because i didn't know I didn't know"
and who said "Ignorance,Madam pure ignorance"
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Dr Johnson was the ignorance quote.
14:17 Mon 05th Jan 2009
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I think the first one was Donald Rumsfeld. Im not 100% sure though.
14:41 Mon 05th Jan 2009
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15:44 Mon 05th Jan 2009
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The second is Dr Johnson, being challenged by a lady who wanted to know why his dictionary had 'pastern' as 'the knee of a horse' ! He corrected that in later editions (it's the part of a horse's foot between the fetlock and the hoof. If anything, it's the 'ankle' of a horse )
23:43 Mon 05th Jan 2009

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