there's none so blind as those that will not see

there's none so blind as those that will not see

proverb You will never be able to make some understand or accept something if they are too stubborn or unwilling to learn or notice. You can present facts and try to reason with him all you want, but his mind is made up. There's none so blind as those that will not see. Parents like them simply won't accept that their children might need to be disciplined, and there's none so blind as those that won't see.

See also: blind, none, not, see, that, those, will

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