A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
PIRACY, n. Commerce without its folly-swaddles, just as God made it. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Such is the supreme folly of man that he labours so as to labour no more. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising. — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Perhaps I may gain more knowledge out of the folly of this madman than I shall from the teaching of the most… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost. — William Feather Copy Share Image
There are in life real evils enough, and it is folly to afflict ourselves with imaginary ones; it is time enough when… — Benjamin Copy Share Image
If thou remeber'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not lov'd — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity - I mean the true simplicity of a rightly… — Plato Copy Share Image
Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have… — Homer Copy Share Image
We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that… — Andrew Coyle Bradley Copy Share Image
I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
And yet, just as our body would burst asunder if the pressure of the atmosphere were removed from it, so would the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every… — Robert Anton Wilson 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
Doubt is my boon companion, the faithful St. Bernard ever at my side. Whether writing essays or just going about daily life,… — Phillip Lopate Copy Share Image
Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction cannot give… — Zhuangzi Copy Share Image
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Legitimately produced, and truly inspired, fiction interprets humanity, informs the understanding, and quickens the affections. It reflects ourselves, warns us against prevailing… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
“What could be more absurd? Yet it is nature's folly, not ours. When she set about her chief masterpiece, the making of… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Quantum est in rebus inane! How much folly there is in human affairs. — Aulus Persius Flaccus Copy Share Image
