Ignorance is Bliss

a very common phrase I seen..I not sure what is the meaning though. So I check it out at Wikepedia. Yeah, A cool place to learn Vocab..haha

it says that "Ignorance is Bliss" is an album by a punk rock group called face to face. Haha. I dont even heard them before. So I read further and it can be break up into smaller and understandable meaning.

"Ignorance is a lack of knowledge. Ignorance is sometimes misinterpreted as a synonym of stupidity, and is as thus often taken as an insult.
In many cases ignorance is seen as a pleasant alternative to harsh reality."

where else Bliss means perfect happiness and it is used as a noun. It also means Joy in old english.

Upon further reading I found out that the phrase is from a poem by Thomas Gray.

"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise."[1]

So what does it really mean? Lack of knowledged brings joy and perfect happiness?? To me it doesn't make any sense. How can you be happy when you are nothing but a fool?haha. think about it. Without Knowledged how can you bring joy and happiness to yourself. Unless you don't want to know the reason why. Haha.

Well you think abt it..

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