24ـ بِالجَهْلِ يُسْتَثارُ كُلِّ شَرّ.

24ـ بِالجَهْلِ يُسْتَثارُ كُلِّ شَرّ. Many an ignorance is better than forbearance (or knowledge). 25ـ رُبَّ جَهْل أنْفَعُ مِنْ حِلْم(عِلْم). Ward off ignorance with knowledge. 26ـ رُدُّوا الجَهْلَ بِالعِلْمِ. Too much ignorance is destructive. 27ـ زِيادَةُ الجَهْلِ تُرْدي. The worst affliction is ignorance. 28ـ شَـرُّ المَصائِبِ الجَهْلُ. Counter ignorance with knowledge. 29ـ ضادُّوا الجَهْلَ بِالعِلْمِ. The outcome of ignorance is loss; and the joy of the envious does not last.

30ـ عُقْبىَ الجَهْلِ مَضَرَّةٌ، وَالحَسُودُ لا تَدُومُ لَهُ مَسَرَّةٌ. The pinnacle of ignorance is for a person to brag about his ignorance. 31ـ غايَةُ الجَهْلِ تَـبَجُّجُ المَرْءِ بِجَهْلِهِ. Many a revered person has been humiliated by his ignorance. 32ـ كَمْ مِنْ عَزير أذَلَّهُ جَهْلُهُ. Ignorance suffices as ignobility. 33ـ كَفى بِالجَهْلِ ضِعَةً. It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about himself. 34ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ نَفْسَهُ.

It suffices as ignorance for a person to be pleased with himself. 35ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَرضى عَنْ نَفْسِهِ. It suffices as ignorance for a person to laugh without [a reason for] amusement. 36ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَضْحَكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَجَب. It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant of his limits [and standing in society]. 37ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ قَدْرَهُ. It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant of his flaw.

38ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ عَيْبَهُ. It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about his own faults and to malign people for that which he [himself] cannot turn away from. 39ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يَجْهَلَ عُيُوبَ نَفْسِهِ، ويَطْعَنَ عَلَى النّاسِ بِما لا يَسْتَطيعُ التَّحَوُّلَ عَنْهُ. It suffices as ignorance for a person to forbid people from that which he performs himself. 40ـ كَفى بِالمَرْءِ جَهْلاً أنْ يُنْكِرَ عَلَى النّاسِ ما يَأتي مِثْلَهُ.

The language of ignorance is impoliteness. 41ـ لِسانُ الجَهْلِ الخُرْقُ. One who gets uplifted by ignorance has opposed the intellect. 42ـ مَنِ اسْتَطارَهُ الجَهْلُ فَقَدْعَصَى العَقْلَ. One who fights his ignorance with his knowledge succeeds with the most felicitous victory. 43ـ مَنْ قاتَلَ جَهْلَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ فازَ بِالحَظِّ الأسْعَدِ. Being overcome by ignorance is one of the severest afflictions. 44ـ مِنْ أشَدِّ المَصائِبِ غَلَبَةُ الجَهْلِ. There is no poverty like ignorance.

45ـ لا فَقْرَ كَالجَهْلِ. With ignorance, no path is purified.