ignorance is bliss

English

Etymology

From Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

Proverb

ignorance is bliss

1. Lack of knowledge results in happiness
2. Sometime you are more comfortable if you dont know something.

Translations

Ignorance is bliss

Chinese: Mandarin: 無知是福 (zh), 无知是福 (zh) (wúzhī shì fú) Czech: nevědomost je sladká (cs) Dutch: het geluk is met de onwetenden ("luck is with the unknowing"); wat niet weet, wat niet deert, Zalig zijn de onwetenden (nl) Finnish: tieto lisää tuskaa (fi) French: l'ignorance est une bénédiction (fr) German: das ist das Glück der Unwissenden; was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß, Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit (de) Hungarian: a tudatlanság áldás (hu) Italian: l'ignoranza è una benedizione (it) Japanese: 無知は至福である (ja) (むちはしふくである, muchi-wa shifuku dearu) Korean: 모르는 것이 약이다 (ko) (moreuneun geosi yagida)

Norwegian: det du ikke vet, skader ikke (no) Polish: niewiedza to błogosławieństwo (pl) Portuguese: a ignorância é uma bênção ("ignorance is a blessing") Russian: меньше знаешь, лучше спишь (ru) (mén’še znáješ’, lúčše spiš’), незнание — блаженство (ru) (neznánije — blažénstvo) Serbian: Незнање је врлина (sr) Slovak: nevedomosť je sladká (sk) Slovene: nevednost je blaženost (sl) Spanish: la ignorancia resulta en felicidad (es), ojos que no ven corazón que no siente (es) Swedish: det man inte vet har man inte ont av (sv)

See also

• out of sight out of mind