None is so blond as they who will not see

Russian translation

Никто так не слеп, как тот, кто не желает видеть.

Variations

None so blind as those who won't see.
There are none so blind as those who won't see.

Synonyms

None is so deaf as those who won't hear.

Comparison

Хуже всякого слепого [тот], кто не хочет видеть.
Хуже всякого глухого [тот], кто не хочет слышать.

Examples

"I suppose for her present role she cannot be too old, the older the better." "What do you mean?" says Gillian, mystified, "What role?" But Anne only runs away laughing, and telling her that she is dull, and there are none so blind as those who will not see. (Broughton)

Little Dorrit received a call that same evening from Mr. Plornish, who, having intimated that he wished to speak to her privately, in a series of coughs so very noticeable as to favour the idea that her father, as regarded her seamstress occupation, was an illustration of the axion that there are no such stone blind men as those who will not see, obtained an audience with her on the common staircase outside the door. (Dickens)

"That poor Sir John! One cannot help feeling for him also. I never in my life saw a man half so puzzled." "What about?" asked the Italian, stirring the sugar into the glass of lomonade. "None so blind as those who don't choose to see. You abandon him, and I cannot stay. So what's to become of his daughter, sweet, pretty creature?" (Ruffini)