About a proverb?

Question

There is a proverb "不知者无罪" in China, and means someone is not in guilty when he knows less to make the blunder. or he didn't know he have made mistake ,can be forgived .

Is there a same way of proverb in English ?
Thanks.

... I mean that ,is there any saying in English speaking country with their culture . Please show me ... Thanks a lot.

Thanks Timberwolf .I got you , it's same to "王者犯法,与庶民同罪"or"wang zhe fan fa ,yu shu min tong zui" in Chinese.

A king should be punished if he against the law .

Here it's not so serious of the guily

Answer 1

In the Bible, the expression of not being presumptuousness is expressed this way by King David , who made some serious mistakes:

(Psalm 19:12-13) “. . .Mistakes—who can discern? From concealed sins pronounce me innocent. 13 Also from presumptuous acts hold your servant back; Do not let them dominate me. In that case I shall be complete, And I shall have remained innocent from much transgression. . .”

--So mistakes can be of an innocent nature(because of not thinking clearly or being overly excited about something) , where as "concealed sins" are those we are aware of and can really get us in deep trouble, because we might have been wanting to committ them for a long time!

Answer 2

There is a law that says that ignorance of the law is not an excuse. What it means is that even though you did not know that it was against the law, you will still be punished for breaking that law.

Answer 3

hi i am Chinese too. YES!! . However, if you want to write that proverb on your essay, you must explain the proverb clearly. i have been using lots of proverb from all around the world and china of course.