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."[1]

Proverb

ignorance is bliss

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

Translations

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
Swedish: okunnighet är salighet
Thai: การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข
Turkish: cehalet saadettir
Ukrainian: невігластво то є щастя (nevihlastvo to je ščastja)
Vietnamese: ngu si hưởng thái bình

References

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

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