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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.’” I think that the whole quote explains it best
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some disturbing images ahead. theres no candy coating bullshit so enter at your own risk. leave your ignorance and ego at the door. you may not like what you see and read but its the truth. and thats better than any of the lies shoved down your throat. or any steak shoved down your throat.
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In the bliss of ignorance, much pain and difficulty is averted. For what worries does the ignorant man have? In the case of Oedipus, ignorance would have suited him fine. The Socratic quote "the unexamined life is not worth living" certainly doesn't hold true in the case of Oedipus Rex.
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Posted by Matthew Miller on March 21, 19100 at 13:02:08: ... Alas, the quote "Where ignorance is bliss, `tis folly to be wise," is from the English poet, Thomas Gray (1716-1771). These words are the last lines in his poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" .
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