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Wonderland - 02 Jan 2007 08:37 GMT

Are there similiar proverbs have the same meaning as:
"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know
for sure that just
ain't so."

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Jonathan Morton - 02 Jan 2007 09:53 GMT

> Are there similiar proverbs have the same meaning as:
> "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know
> for sure that just
> ain't so."

Not a proverb, but there's Alexander Pope's:

"A little learning [1] is a dangerous thing..."

[1] All too often misquoted as "knowledge".

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Jonathan

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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2007

Look for the similar proverb