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From Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."[1]
ignorance is bliss
- A lack of knowledge results in happiness; it is more comfortable to not know certain things.
Ignorance is bliss
- Albanian: padituri është bekim
- Arabic: الْجَهْل نَعِيمَهُ (al-jahl naʕīmahu), الْجَهْل نِعْمَة (al-jahl niʕma)
- Egyptian Arabic: الجهل راحه (el-gahl(e) rāḥa)
- Armenian: Շատ բան իմանաս, շուտ կծերանաս (Šat ban imanas, šut kceranas)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 無知是福 / 无知是福 (wúzhī shì fú), 難得糊塗 / 难得糊涂 (nándé hútu)
- 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
- Esperanto: senscio estas beato
- Finnish: tieto lisää tuskaa
- French: bienheureux celui qui ne connaît pas la vérité
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- 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)
- Hebrew: אֵין שֶׂכֶל אֵין דְּאָגוֹת (ēn séchel ēn d'agót)
- 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 de aru), 知らぬが仏 (ja) (shiranu ga hotoke)
- Korean: 모르는 것이 약 (moreuneun geosi yak), 아는 것이 탈 (aneun geosi tal), 무지각 상팔자 (mujigak sangpalja), 식자우환 (ko) (sikjauhwan)
- Lithuanian: nežinojimas yra palaima
- Norwegian Bokmål: uvitenhet er lykke
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fåkunna er sæl
- Persian: نادانی سعادت است
- Polish: niewiedza to błogosławieństwo
- Portuguese: a ignorância é uma bênção
- Romanian: ignoranța e o binecuvântare
- Russian: ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь (ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ), незна́ние — блаже́нство (neznánije — blažénstvo), многие зна́ния — многие печа́ли (mnogije znánija — mnogije pečáli)
- 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, bienaventurado el ignorante, bendita ignorancia, la ignorancia es bienaventuranza, la ignorancia es bienandanza, la ignorancia es beatitud
- Swedish: okunnighet är salighet
- Thai: การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข
- Turkish: cehalet saadettir
- Ukrainian: невігластво то є щастя (nevihlastvo to je ščastja)
- Vietnamese: ngu si hưởng thái bình
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