What does ignorance is bliss mean?

Question

What does ignorance is bliss mean?

Answer 1

it means that sometimes not knowing the truth is better. they're is no god, but in many cases people who believe in god are happier.

Answer 2

that sometimes not knowing something is better than knowing it.

once you know you cant NOT know.

Answer 3

Ill give an example.. I didn't know that my husband  is a cheater..and I was happy..but now my life is destroyed..

Answer 4

`Ignorance is bliss' means that what you do not know stands little or now chance of causing you any troubles.  So in some sort of way, you have peace because you are not aware of that particular thing.

Answer 5

If you don't know about it, you can't worry or stress about it, so you have a happier existance

Answer 6

it means that what you dont know cant hurt you!

Answer 7

if you'r not knowledgable about something - u have nothing to think about inThat area. like a small child.. doesn't know that if he gets too close to the edge of steps, he might fall and if that happens he will definately feel the hurt -so crawls fearlessly towards the edge ..... whereas when he falls and hurts, seems totally scared of going close to the edge again(according to age - memory will either retain first fall or will take a few times.). similar reason why usually most villagers are in same state of simple happiness - lack of knowledge.    

Answer 8

Sort of like "What you don't know, won't hurt you".  It means that if you are unaware of something, then you are not going to be thinking about it or worrying about it.  So you will still be able to be in a "blissful" state of being.

Answer 9

what you dont know cant hurt you

Answer 10

Etymology

The phrase comes from Thomas Gray's poem, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

(idiomatic) Happiness in not having knowledge of something.

dioms: ignorance is bliss

What you don't know won't hurt you. For example, She decided not to read the critics' reviews--ignorance is bliss. Although its truth may be dubious at best, this idea has been expressed since ancient times. The actual wording, however, comes from Thomas Gray's poem, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."

The condition of being uneducated, unaware, or uninformed.

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Not knowing something is often more comfortable than knowing it.

    Note: This proverb resembles “What you don't know cannot hurt you.” It figures in a passage from “On a Distant Prospect of Eton College,” by the eighteenth-century English poet Thomas Gray: “Where ignorance is bliss, / ‘Tis folly to be wise.’”

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something that you say which means if you do not know about a problem or an unpleasant fact, you do not worry about it.

"I wish the newspapers would stop telling us about the dangers of eating meat. It seems to me ignorance is bliss."

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Answer 11

Ignorance and illiteracy are small madness.

People who are insane do not know what they are doing

As far as they are concerned, they are enjoying a blissful life.

In order words, you can never be heart-broken of  what you do not know. You continue to enjoy your life to the fullest!