Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is… — Thomas Gray · Skopia

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Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.

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Gray, Thomas. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. London: R. Dodsley, 1747.

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