With apologies to those who comment on this review, I must insist that one of the wisest pieces of advice a writer can follow is “don’t read the comments” — an injunction so indispensable that it has ...

Thomas Gray originated the saying in his poem “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” (1742): “Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” But is it? Let’s look at what results from ...

Eighteenth-century English poet Thomas Gray (1716-71) immortalized the oft-quoted phrase, “ignorance is bliss,” in the 10th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but in general it gets a bad rap - which is why the latest book from Peter Burke comes as a ...

Knowledge can be a source of power and pleasure, but it also can be unsettling, humiliating, even terrifying. In “Ignorance and Bliss,” Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University, ...

Ignorance may sometimes be bliss. But usually, ignorance makes problems worse. For example, destructive ignorance underlies the myth that pharmaceutical companies routinely profiteer off the sick.

BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- As much money as corporate America pours into 401(k) plan administration, it's astounding how few companies know whether they're getting a good deal. For years, U.S. employers ...