The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Gerard de Nerval, (May 22 1808-1855), French poet, translator, author; He was a major influence on symbolists, surrealists through his use of fantasy in works: Sylvie, 1853.