Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

Every man's occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly. — P T Barnum
I was also built from delusional optimism and folly. — A.S. King
The folly and hubris of the policy makers who heedlessly thrust the nation into an ill-defined and open-ended 'global war on terror' without the foggiest… — Andrew Bacevich
I wish the state of enthusiasm I am now in may last, for today I FELT there is a God. I have been devotional and… — Elizabeth Fry
It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats. — William Penn
Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! — Walter Scott
Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more. — Walter Scott
It is the very wantonness of folly for a man to search out the frets and burdens of his calling and give his mind every… — Henry Ward Beecher
. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if… — James A. Michener
'Knowledge, without common sense,' says Lee, is 'folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death.' But with… — Austin Farrer
FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life. — Ambrose Bierce
Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can,… — Alexander Pope
One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
The picture placed the busts between Adds to the thought much strength; Wisdom and Wit are little seen, But Folly 's at full length. — Unknown Author
Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality. — Josemaria Escriva
...." I was rather discouraged when I discovered that Paul and Hotch had no marketing survey, no business plan, no budget, no organized strategy for… — Paul Newman
Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time. — George Washington
"Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal… — Christopher Columbus
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift

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