"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance."
"The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance or stupidity [or racism or poverty! - Draffan] steals in a way that is not customary. He snatches a loaf from the baker's counter and is promptly run into gaol. Another man snatches bread from the table of hundreds of widows and orphans and similar credulous souls who do not know the ways of company promoters; and, as likely as not, he is run into Parliament."
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Source: George Bernard Shaw (1993). “The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929”, Viking Adult
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