ignorance is bliss

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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."

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: padituri është bekim — Ignorance is bliss
• Arabic: الْجَهْل نَعِيمَهُ (al-jahl naʕīmahu) — Ignorance is bliss
• Arabic: الْجَهْل نِعْمَة (al-jahl niʕma) — Ignorance is bliss
• Arabic: الجهل راحه — Ignorance is bliss
• Armenian: Շատ բան իմանաս, շուտ կծերանաս (Šat ban imanas, šut kceranas) — Ignorance is bliss
• Chinese Mandarin: 無知是福 /无知是福 (wúzhī shì fú) — Ignorance is bliss
• Chinese Mandarin: 難得糊塗 /难得糊涂 (nándé hútu) — Ignorance is bliss
• Czech: nevědomost je sladká — Ignorance is bliss
• Danish: uvidenhed er en velsignelse — Ignorance is bliss
• Dutch: het geluk is met de onwetenden — Ignorance is bliss
• Dutch: wat niet weet, wat niet deert — Ignorance is bliss
• Dutch: Zalig zijn de onwetenden — Ignorance is bliss
• Esperanto: senscio estas beato — Ignorance is bliss
• Finnish: tieto lisää tuskaa — Ignorance is bliss
• French: bienheureux celui qui ne connaît pas la vérité — Ignorance is bliss
• Georgian: ⴓⴚⴍⴃⴈⴌⴐⴄⴁⴀ ⴀⴐⴈⴑ ⴌⴄⴒⴀⴐⴄⴁⴀ (ucodinreba aris neṭareba) — Ignorance is bliss
• German: das ist das Glück der Unwissenden — Ignorance is bliss
• German: was ich nicht weiß, macht mich nicht heiß — Ignorance is bliss
• German: Unwissenheit ist Seligkeit — Ignorance is bliss
• Greek: η άγνοια είναι ευτυχία (i ágnoia eínai eftychía) — Ignorance is bliss
• Hebrew: אֵין שֶׂכֶל אֵין דְּאָגוֹת (ēn séchel ēn d'agót) — Ignorance is bliss
• Hungarian: a tudatlanság áldás — Ignorance is bliss
• Italian: l'ignoranza è una benedizione — Ignorance is bliss
• Italian: beata ignoranza! — Ignorance is bliss
• Japanese: 無知は至福である (muchi wa shifuku de aru) — Ignorance is bliss
• Japanese: 知らぬが仏 (shiranu ga hotoke) — Ignorance is bliss
• Korean: 모르는 것이 약 (moreuneun geosi yak) — Ignorance is bliss
• Korean: 아는 것이 탈 (aneun geosi tal) — Ignorance is bliss
• Korean: 무지각 상팔자 (mujigak sangpalja) — Ignorance is bliss
• Korean: 식자우환 (sikjauhwan) — Ignorance is bliss
• Lithuanian: nežinojimas yra palaima — Ignorance is bliss
• Norwegian Bokmål: uvitenhet er lykke — Ignorance is bliss
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fåkunna er sæl — Ignorance is bliss
• Persian: نادانی سعادت است — Ignorance is bliss
• Polish: niewiedza to błogosławieństwo — Ignorance is bliss
• Portuguese: a ignorância é uma bênção — Ignorance is bliss
• Romanian: ignoranța e o binecuvântare — Ignorance is bliss
• Serbo-Croatian: незнање је врлина — Ignorance is bliss
• Slovak: nevedomosť je sladká — Ignorance is bliss
• Slovene: nevednost je blaženost — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: la ignorancia resulta en felicidad — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: bienaventurado el ignorante — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: bendita ignorancia — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: la ignorancia es bienaventuranza — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: la ignorancia es bienandanza — Ignorance is bliss
• Spanish: la ignorancia es beatitud — Ignorance is bliss
• Swedish: okunnighet är salighet — Ignorance is bliss
• Thai: การไม่รู้เป็นความสุข — Ignorance is bliss
• Turkish: cehalet saadettir — Ignorance is bliss
• Ukrainian: невігластво то є щастя (nevihlastvo to je ščastja) — Ignorance is bliss
• Vietnamese: ngu si hưởng thái bình — Ignorance is bliss