who said none is do blind than he who refuses to see
In 1738 it was used by Jonathan Swift in his Polite Conversation and is first attested in the United States in the 1713 Works of Thomas Chalkley. The full saying is: There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know.
None so blind as those who refuse to see an EU mess. Angela Merkel's visit and the Somerset Levels floods highlight how this country is in thrall to policies demanded by the European Union. David Cameron welcomes Angela Merkel but got little joy over EU reforms from the German Chancellor Photo: FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA. By Christopher Booker.