ignorance is bliss
said toemphasizethat sometimes it isbetterfor you if you do notknowall thefactsabout asituation
无知便是福Unaware
- be in the darkidiom
- be on another planetidiom
- benighted
- blind spot
- blindly
- blindness
- foggy
- Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
- in blissful ignoranceidiom
- innumeracy
- innumerate
- insensate
- lost
- misunderstand
- stump
- unacquainted
- unattuned
- unawakened
- unaware
- unawareness
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ignorance is bliss
Whereignoranceisbliss—and there is a row of them.
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Is not this a case whereignoranceisblissand it is folly to be wise?
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At least they can honestly claim thatignoranceisbliss.
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We are told thatignoranceisbliss, but in a court of law it is no defence to plead ignorance of the law.
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One has so often been told thatignoranceisbliss.
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The title to this story alludes to the sentiment thatignoranceisbliss.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimesignoranceisbliss, he said in 2004.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment