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"Ignorance is bliss" may refer to: * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his 1742 "
Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" is an 18th-century ode by Thomas Gray. It is composed of ten 10-line stanzas, rhyming ABABCCDEED, with the B lines and final D line in iambic trimeter and the others in iambic tetrameter Iambic tetrame ...
" * "In knowing nothing, life is most delightful" (''In nil sapiendo vita iucundissima est''), a quote by
Publilius Syrus __NOTOC__ Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC), was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy. Syrus was brought to Rome on the same ship that brought a certain Manilius, a ...


Music

* ''Ignorance Is Bliss'' (Face to Face album), a 1999 album by Face to Face * ''Ignorance Is Bliss'' (Skepta album), a 2019 album by Skepta * "Ignorance Is Bliss" (Tiddas song), a 1996 song by Tiddas * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by punk rock band Ramones, from their album ''Brain Drain'' (1989) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by San Francisco '90s rock band Jellyfish, from the compilation album '' Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin''' (1991) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by American rock band Living Colour, from their album ''Stain'' (1992) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by British record producer Alan Parsons, from his album ''
The Time Machine ''The Time Machine'' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively fo ...
'' (1999) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar, from his album ''
Overly Dedicated ''Overly Dedicated'' (sometimes stylized as ''O(verly) D(edicated)'' and shortened as ''OD'') is the fourth solo mixtape by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released on September 14, 2010, via Top Dawg Entertainment. The album features guest app ...
'' (2010) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by the American metalcore band Beartooth, from their album '' Disgusting'' (2014) * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a song by hip hop artist Reks from his album ''
REBELutionary ''REBELutionary'' is the seventh studio album by Massachusetts rapper Reks. It was released on July 23, 2012 by Gracie Productions. The album is the follow-up to ''Straight, No Chaser (Reks album), Straight, No Chaser''. The album was entirely pr ...
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Other uses

* ''Ignorance Is Bliss'' (film), a 2017 Italian film directed by Massimiliano Bruno * "Ignorance Is Bliss" (''House''), a 2009 episode of ''House'' * '' Alice: Ignorance Is Bliss'', a short 2014 documentary * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a famous line said by the character Cypher from the movie ''The Matrix'' (1999); see
Red pill and blue pill The terms "red pill" and "blue pill" refer to a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining in contented ignorance with the blue pill. The terms are associated with ...


See also

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Ignorance (disambiguation) Ignorance is a state of being uninformed. Ignorance may also refer to: Social sciences * Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology * Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology * Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in ...
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Bliss (disambiguation) BLISS is a system programming language developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) by W. A. Wulf, D. B. Russell, and A. N. Habermann around 1970. It was perhaps the best known system language until C debuted a few years later. Since then, C be ...
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Blissful ignorance effect In consumer behaviour studies, the Blissful Ignorance Effect is when people who have good information about a product are not expected to be as happy with the product as people who have less information about it. This happens because the person who ...
* "Ignorance is strength", a phrase used in the novel ''
Nineteen Eighty-Four ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also stylised as ''1984'') is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final ...
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