It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the… — Alcaeus Copy Share Image
The conservatives have already accepted a large part of the collectivist creed-a creed that has governed policy for so long that many… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be… — H. H. Asquith Copy Share Image
Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Wrinkle not thy face with too much laughter, lest thou become ridiculous; neither wanton thy heart with too much mirth, lest thou… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! — John Milton Copy Share Image
In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties, by leaving capital… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The folly of war is that it can have no natural end except in the extinction an entire people. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Reality is a state of mind. To the banker, the money in his ledger book is all very real, though he doesn't… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out is our own ignorance and folly. — Thomas Cole Copy Share Image
I believe no satirist could breathe this air. If another Juvenal or Swift could rise up among us tomorrow, he would be… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The artist and his work are not to be separated. The most willfully foolish man cannot stand aloof from his folly, but… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Government price-fixing once started, has alike no justice and no end. It is an economic folly from which this country has every… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Traditional religions practices are important.They allow us to share with others the communal experience of adoration and prayer,but we must never forget… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It is certainly impossible to lose respect if you lose out of some stupid discussions.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
