Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I abhor the supreme folly of those who blame the disciples of nature in defiance of those masters who were themselves her… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?” — C R Strahan Copy Share Image
He who always prefaces his tale with laughter, is poised between impertinence and folly. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether… — Heinrich Hertz Copy Share Image
“To believe all men honest is folly. To believe none is something worse.” — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is fortunate that Literature is in no ways injured by the follies of Collectors, since though they preserve the worthless, they… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings had their… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially… — John Stott Copy Share Image
Fashion rests upon folly. Art rests upon law. Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal. Indeed what is a fashion really? A fashion… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is the business of a comic poet to paint the vices and follies of human kind. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
God has given us a world that nothing but our own folly keeps from being a paradise. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble but the one you are in today. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
