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ignorance_is_bliss

ignorance is bliss

English

Proverb

ignorance is bliss

  1. Lack of knowledge results in happiness; it is more comfortable not to know certain things.

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  1. The Thomas Gray Archive: "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (Lines 99.3-100.5)