Ignorant Bliss Quotes

• If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Education, Freedom, War

  Letter to Colonel Charles Yancey, 6 January 1816

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• If you consider yourself a friend, dont tell me." Because if i know the rumors, i'll feel like i have to confront the. and right this second i want to live in ignorant bliss.

  Simone Elkeles

  Ignorant, Rumor, Want

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• And right this second I want to live in ignorant bliss.

  Simone Elkeles

  Ignorant, Want, Bliss

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• This isn’t happening to you, princess,” Sabine snapped before I could do more than shake my head. “This is happening to us. While you spent the past few months prancing around in ignorant bliss, we were all being possessed, or kidnapped, or stalked by this hellion. So dry your tears and take off the tiara, because this is a call to arms, not a pity party. You’re not going to find any sympathy here.

  Rachel Vincent

  Party, Princess, Past

  Rachel Vincent (2012). “Before I Wake”, p.236, Harlequin

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• Go your way. Forget Prometheus, And all the woe that he is doom'd to bear; By his own choice this vile estate preferring To ignorant bliss and unfelt slavery.

  Hartley Coleridge

  Choices, Ignorant, Slavery

  Hartley Coleridge, Derwent Coleridge (1851). “Poems by Hartley Coleridge: With a Memoir of His Life by His Brother. ...”, p.298

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• With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.

  Barry Privett

  Pain, Unique, Childhood

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