
ProverbChallenge
English origin1546
Who so blind as he that will not see?
Meaning: Willful ignorance is the most complete blindness; refusing truth is worse than lacking it.
Origin: The thought echoes the prophet Jeremiah, who speaks of people "which have eyes, and see not" (Jeremiah 5:21). John Heywood's 1546 collection gives the English proverb, and it is now more often said as "there are none so blind as those who will not see."
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