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The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes… — Lord Chesterfield
Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies. — Isaac Watts
Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy. It is in our follies that… — Jerome K. Jerome
What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention… — William S. Paley
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me… — William Shakespeare
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit — William Shakespeare
Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave — Napoleon Bonaparte
Learn to live well, or fairly make your will; you played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill: walk sober off; before a sprightlier… — Alexander Pope
As long as there will be homophobic, racist or simply bigoted parents, educators and writers, there will be discrimination, prejudice and other follies of the… — Jean-Paul Malfatti
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental. — Thomas Huxley
We should begin to remind people they are always after your money and if you are on something around average earnings you really don't have… — John Redwood
The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. — Helen Rowland
What I regret about the follies of youth is not having committed them but not being able to do so again. — Unknown Author
Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit; For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me thus… — William Shakespeare
But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit. — William Shakespeare
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to makethe world a better place. — MoliÃ¨re
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is thechief occupation of mankind. — Henry Lewis Mencken
Proverb is a pro-power to curb or minimize follies and maximize happiness in life. — Anuj Somany
Proverb is a power to curb or minimize follies and maximize happiness in life. — Anuj Somany

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