Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. — William Makepeace Thackeray
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly. — Sophocles
Go! you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom away! There 's such a charm in melancholy I would not if… — Samuel Rogers
Knowledge of those unalterable Relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other...To these we should conform in good Earnest; and… — Edmund Burke
The captain looked defensive. "You regard our customs as primitive?"Every society to its own tastes, captain. The wisdom of one society would be folly for… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. — Helen Rowland
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly… — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting… — Mary Astell
Had he learned nothing from all those years of teaching Hawthorne? Through story after story he'd led his boys to consider the folly of obsession… — Tobias Wolff
Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Even if the disciples had believed in the resurrection of Jesus, it is doubtful they would have generated any following. So long as the body… — William Lane Craig
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is… — Paracelsus
Exercise cannot secure us from that dissolution to which we are decreed; but while the soul and body continue united, it can make the association… — Samuel Johnson
Training- training is everything; training is all there is to a person. We speak of nature; it is folly; there is no such thing as… — Mark Twain
I'm a little embarrassed about how long it took me to see the folly of most government intervention. It was probably 15 years before I… — John Stossel
There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly. — Daniel Dennett
Every fact of science was once Damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to some orthodoxy. Every artistic innovation was… — Robert Anton Wilson
My only books Were woman's looks,- And folly 's all they 've taught me. — Charles Lamb
The easy glamour of the French Riviera in the late 1960s - inspired by Romy Schneider's character in La Piscine - mixed with garden elements.… — Tory Burch
It is folly to think the Lord provides grace for every trouble but the one you are in today. — Charles Spurgeon

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