"Ignorance is bliss" may refer to: * "Ignorance Is Bliss", a phrase coined by English poet

Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (26 December 1716 – 30 July 1771) was an English poet, letter-writer, and classics, classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Pembroke College. He is widely ...

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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 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, astronomer ...

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* ''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 an 1895 dystopian post-apocalyptic science fiction novella by H. G. Wells about a Victorian scientist known as the Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. The work is generally credited with the popularizati ...

'' (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 abbreviated as ''OD'') is the fourth solo mixtape by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released on September 14, 2010, via Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). It is the first mixtap ...

'' (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''. The album was entirely produced by Numonics. It features ...

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* ''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 ''red pill'' and ''blue pill'' are metaphorical terms representing a choice between learning an unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining in the unquestioned experience of an illusion appearing as ordinary reali ...

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