ignorance is bliss

English

From Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."[1]

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

Ignorance is bliss

Albanian: padituri është bekim
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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: please add this translation if you can
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 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)
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: okunnighet är salighet
Thai: การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข
Turkish: cehalet saadettir
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: ngu si hưởng thái bình

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