I am looking for an idiom which means sticking fingers in your ears does not change the fact; the fact remains so, even if you don't listen to the one who is mentioning it.
Learn English – An idiom meaning “sticking fingers in your ears does not change the fact”
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Best Answer
This 1760 dictionary says the general concept goes back to at least Pliny in the first century...
There's also the closely-related saying...
...which essentially means "Wishful thinking obviously doesn't change things in the real world"