Arthur Scargill’s leadership of the miners’ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense.… — Jimmy Reid Copy Share Image
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
There is no folly of which a man who is not a fool cannot get rid except vanity; of this nothing cures… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
"Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
I saw myself. . . in the time I watched, I saw strength and frailty, pride and vanity, courage and fear. Of… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet… — John Fletcher Copy Share Image
It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. The fact that they exist… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies,… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
“One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of heredetary right in kings, is, that nature disapproves it, otherwise, she would… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In marriage we have a duty to God, our spuses, the world, and future generations. But we are sinners. A husband and… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to… — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away. — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Come, let us give a little time to folly... and even in a melancholy day let us find time for an hour… — Bonaventure Copy Share Image
Remember that the Tarot is a great and sacred arcanum - its abuse is an obscenity in the inner and a folly… — Jack Parsons Copy Share Image