Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. — Richard Whately
Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation. — Walter Savage Landor
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is… — Desiderius Erasmus
Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Unknown Author
One's worst enormities remain within, and it is only one's vulgar commonplaces of error and folly that turn into murders and suicides, treasons, infidelities, and… — Lewis Mumford
So, in the infinitely nobler battle in which you are engaged against error and wrong, if ever repulsed or stricken down, may you always be… — Horace Mann
If were not foolish young, were foolish old. — Geoffrey Chaucer
The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much… — Moses Mendelssohn
The common curse of mankind, folly, ignorance and stupidity. — William C. Brown
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man… — Ernestine Rose
Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds… — Steven Rattner
I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a nation - two… — Mitt Romney
[The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by… — James Madison
Through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God ... It is folly to think to steal to heaven with a whole skin. — Samuel Rutherford
There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing is immutable. The… — Moss Hart
... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone. — Robert Gordis
Each is under the most sacred obligation not to squander the material committed to him, not to sap his strength in folly and vice, and… — Anna Julia Cooper
I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly… — Heinrich Hertz
I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away! — Walter Scott
What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly. — Hayao Miyazaki

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