It sometimes is better not to know one’s fate, or the outcome. Although the idea was stated by the Greek playwright Sophocles
(c. 409 B.C.) and quoted by Erasmus in the early sixteenth century, the pre-
cise wording of the cliché comes from the closing lines of Thomas Gray’s
poem, “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College” (1742): “Where igno-
rance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise.” Both it and blissful ignorance became
clichés in the nineteenth century, but the latter has died out.
The Fexco 2024 concludes by breaking records in visits and economic
activity.
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The International Fair and Exhibition of Cochabamba (Fexco) concluded
yesterday after 11 days of constant and intense activity. Preliminary
figures indi...
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