Understanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant.

Etymology:

  • The origin and early use of the term 'There Are None As Blind (As Those Who Will Not See)' is reported to go back to the mid-1500s, where the popularity of the expression is credited to early use by John Heywood in the year 1546.
  • After the likely early use by Heywood in the 1500s, the term was again made popular by the writer Jonathan Swift who used the term in his essay “Polite Conversations”. After this date, the expression is said to have been translated into English versions of the Bible – and this is why many people mistakenly believe the Bible to be the first origin of this phrase. (In The Bible: Jeremiah 5:21 reads: “Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not.”)
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When I try to prove facts to someone and they refuse to look at my evidence, I tell them that there are none are so blind as those who will not see.

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Modified by acronimous on March 18, 2024

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Es gibt niemanden, der so blind ist wie die, die nicht sehen werden

no hay nadie tan ciego como los que no verán

il n'y en a pas d'aussi aveugles que ceux qui ne verront pas

níl aon duine chomh dall leo siúd nach bhfeicfidh

見えない人ほど盲目な人はいない

qui non sint tam caecus est

niemand is zo blind als zij die niet willen zien

não há ninguém tão cego quanto aqueles que não verão

không có ai mù đến nỗi những người sẽ không nhìn thấy

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