The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn’t the real point.
 Albert Camus, The Plague (1947). copy citation

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Author Albert Camus
Source The Plague
Topic ignorance evil
Date 1947
Language English
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Note Translated by Stuart Gilbert
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