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. You are more comfortable if you don't know something.

§Translations

Ignorance is bliss

• Albanian: padituri është bekim
• Arabic: الجهل سعادة
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無知是福, 无知是福 (wúzhī shì fú)

• Czech: nevědomost je sladká
• Danish: uvidenhed er en velsignelse
• Dutch: het geluk is met de onwetenden, wat niet weet, wat niet deert, Zalig zijn de onwetenden
• Finnish: tieto lisää tuskaa
• French: l'ignorance est une bénédiction
• German: das ist das Glück der Unwissenden, was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß, Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit
• Greek: η άγνοια είναι ευτυχία (i ágnoia eínai eftychía)
• Hungarian: a tudatlanság áldás
• Italian: l'ignoranza è una benedizione, beata ignoranza!
• Japanese: 無知は至福である (むちはしふくである, muchi-wa shifuku dearu), 知らぬが仏 (ja) (shiranu ga hotoke)

• Korean: 모르는 것이 약 (moreuneun geos-i yag), 아는 것이 탈 (aneun geos-i tal), 무지각 상팔자 (mu-ji-gag sang-pal-ja), 식자우환 (ko) (sig-ja-u-hwan)
• Lithuanian: nežinojimas yra palaima
• Norwegian: det du ikke vet har du ikke vondt av
• Persian: نادانی سعادت است
• Polish: niewiedza to błogosławieństwo
• Portuguese: a ignorância é uma bênção
• Romanian: ignoranța e o binecuvântare
• Russian: меньше знаешь, лучше спишь (mén’še znáješ’, lúčše spiš’), незнание — блаженство (neznánije — blažénstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian: Незнање је врлина
• Slovak: nevedomosť je sladká
• Slovene: nevednost je blaženost
• Spanish: la ignorancia resulta en felicidad, ojos que no ven corazón que no siente, la ignorancia es atrevida
• Swedish: det man inte vet har man inte ont av
• Turkish: cehalet saadettir
• Vietnamese: ngu si hưởng thái bình

§See also

• out of sight, out of mind