Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed… — Khalil Gibran
A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of… — George Orwell
The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid… — Robert Burns
I once heard a learned man say, "Every evil has its remedy, except folly. To reprimand an obstinate fool or to preach to a dolt… — Khalil Gibran
A Christian's freedom from anxiety is not due to some guaranteed freedom from trouble, but to the folly of worry and especially to the confidence… — John Stott
A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of… — George William Curtis
Unnecessary hustle is one of the American follies. We hustle at both work and play, and consequently enjoy neither to the utmost. — William Feather
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions. — Claud Cockburn
Ardent, intelligent, sweet, sensitive, cultivated, erudite. These are the adjectives of praise in an androgynous world. Those who consider them epithets of shame or folly… — Carolyn Heilbrun
World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the dream of the romantic. Yet it is folly to the… — Don Williams
Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye to… — Jacques Barzun
To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly — Socrates
The sheer folly of trying to defend a nation by destroying all life on the planet must be apparent to anyone capable of rational thought.… — Queen Noor of Jordan
I love you as one should, to excess. With folly, delight and despair. — Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanliness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly. — George Bernard Shaw
It is not enough to prove something, one also has to seduce or elevate people to it. That is why the man of knowledge should… — Friedrich Nietzsche
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. — Ambrose Bierce
Life is hollow without health and freedom. To seek one while ignoring the other is folly. — G. Edward Griffin
Arthur Scargillâ€™s leadership of the minersâ€™ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense. He will have… — Jimmy Reid
Government price-fixing once started, has alike no justice and no end. It is an economic folly from which this country has every right to be… — Calvin Coolidge

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