Ignorance ain't always bliss.

I dispute claims that ignorance is bliss. Yes, I would rather know more. Than less. But I am intrigued by the saying that ‘Ignorance is bliss.’  Here’s the origin of that proverb. Similar to  ‘What you don't know cannot hurt you.' It figures in a passage from ‘On a Distant Prospect of Eton College,’ by the 18th-century English poet Thomas Gray: ‘Where ignorance is bliss, / ‘Tis folly to be wise.’ --Jim Broede