"ignorance is bliss" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: From Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Etymology templates: {{wsource|Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College}} Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College Head templates: {{head|en|proverb}} ignorance is bliss
  1. A lack of knowledge results in happiness; it is more comfortable to not know certain things. Wikipedia link: Thomas Gray Related terms: out of sight, out of mind, what you don't know can't hurt you, willful ignorance Translations (Ignorance is bliss): padituri është bekim (Albanian), الْجَهْل نَعِيمَهُ (al-jahl naʕīmahu) (Arabic), الْجَهْل نِعْمَة (al-jahl niʕma) (Arabic), الجهل راحه (alt: el-gahl(e) rāḥa) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), Շատ բան իմանաս, շուտ կծերանաս (Šat ban imanas, šut kceranas) (Armenian), 無知是福 (Chinese Mandarin), 无知是福 (wúzhī shì fú) (Chinese Mandarin), 難得糊塗 (Chinese Mandarin), 难得糊涂 (nándé hútu) (Chinese Mandarin), nevědomost je sladká (Czech), uvidenhed er en velsignelse (Danish), het geluk is met de onwetenden (Dutch), wat niet weet, wat niet deert (Dutch), Zalig zijn de onwetenden (Dutch), senscio estas beato (Esperanto), tieto lisää tuskaa (Finnish), bienheureux celui qui ne connaît pas la vérité (French), das ist das Glück der Unwissenden (German), was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß (German), Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit (German), η άγνοια είναι ευτυχία (i ágnoia eínai eftychía) (Greek), אֵין שֶׂכֶל אֵין דְּאָגוֹת (ēn séchel ēn d'agót) (Hebrew), a tudatlanság áldás (Hungarian), l'ignoranza è una benedizione (Italian), beata ignoranza! (Italian), 無知は至福である (muchi wa shifuku de aru) (alt: むちはしふくである) (Japanese), 知らぬが仏 (shiranu ga hotoke) (Japanese), 모르는 것이 약 (moreuneun geosi yak) (Korean), 아는 것이 탈 (aneun geosi tal) (Korean), 무지각 상팔자 (mujigak sangpalja) (Korean), 식자우환 (sikjauhwan) (Korean), nežinojimas yra palaima (Lithuanian), uvitenhet er lykke (Norwegian Bokmål), fåkunna er sæl (Norwegian Nynorsk), نادانی سعادت است (Persian), niewiedza to błogosławieństwo (Polish), a ignorância é uma bênção (Portuguese), ignoranța e o binecuvântare (Romanian), незнање је врлина (Serbo-Croatian), nevedomosť je sladká (Slovak), nevednost je blaženost (Slovene), la ignorancia resulta en felicidad (Spanish), ojos que no ven corazón que no siente (Spanish), la ignorancia es atrevida (Spanish), bienaventurado el ignorante (Spanish), bendita ignorancia (Spanish), okunnighet är salighet (Swedish), การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข (Thai), cehalet saadettir (Turkish), невігластво то є щастя (nevihlastvo to je ščastja) (Ukrainian), ngu si hưởng thái bình (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
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          "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
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          "alt": "むちはしふくである",
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          "roman": "muchi wa shifuku de aru",
          "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
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          "roman": "shiranu ga hotoke",
          "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
          "word": "知らぬが仏"
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          "roman": "moreuneun geosi yak",
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          "roman": "aneun geosi tal",
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          "note": "многие зна́ния — многие печа́ли (mnogije znánija — mnogije pečáli)",
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      "glosses": [
        "A lack of knowledge results in happiness; it is more comfortable to not know certain things."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "knowledge",
          "knowledge"
        ],
        [
          "results",
          "results"
        ],
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "comfortable",
          "comfortable"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Thomas Gray"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "padituri është bekim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-jahl naʕīmahu",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "الْجَهْل نَعِيمَهُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-jahl niʕma",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "الْجَهْل نِعْمَة"
    },
    {
      "alt": "el-gahl(e) rāḥa",
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "الجهل راحه"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Šat ban imanas, šut kceranas",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "Շատ բան իմանաս, շուտ կծերանաս"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "無知是福"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúzhī shì fú",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "无知是福"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "難得糊塗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nándé hútu",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "难得糊涂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "nevědomost je sladká"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "uvidenhed er en velsignelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "het geluk is met de onwetenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "wat niet weet, wat niet deert"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "Zalig zijn de onwetenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "senscio estas beato"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "tieto lisää tuskaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "bienheureux celui qui ne connaît pas la vérité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "das ist das Glück der Unwissenden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "i ágnoia eínai eftychía",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "η άγνοια είναι ευτυχία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ēn séchel ēn d'agót",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "אֵין שֶׂכֶל אֵין דְּאָגוֹת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "a tudatlanság áldás"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "l'ignoranza è una benedizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "beata ignoranza!"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むちはしふくである",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "muchi wa shifuku de aru",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "無知は至福である"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiranu ga hotoke",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "知らぬが仏"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "moreuneun geosi yak",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "모르는 것이 약"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "aneun geosi tal",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "아는 것이 탈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mujigak sangpalja",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "무지각 상팔자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sikjauhwan",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "식자우환"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "nežinojimas yra palaima"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "uvitenhet er lykke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "fåkunna er sæl"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "نادانی سعادت است"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "niewiedza to błogosławieństwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "a ignorância é uma bênção"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "ignoranța e o binecuvântare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ме́ньше зна́ешь — кре́пче спишь (ménʹše znáješʹ — krépče spišʹ)",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "незна́ние — блаже́нство (neznánije — blažénstvo)",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "многие зна́ния — многие печа́ли (mnogije znánija — mnogije pečáli)",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "незнање је врлина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "nevedomosť je sladká"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "nevednost je blaženost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "la ignorancia resulta en felicidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "ojos que no ven corazón que no siente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "la ignorancia es atrevida"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "bienaventurado el ignorante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "bendita ignorancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "okunnighet är salighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "cehalet saadettir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevihlastvo to je ščastja",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "невігластво то є щастя"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Ignorance is bliss",
      "word": "ngu si hưởng thái bình"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ignorance is bliss"
}

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