Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. — Jane Austen
I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little… — Jane Austen
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to… — Henry James
I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites… — Jane Austen
And yet, just as our body would burst asunder if the pressure of the atmosphere were removed from it, so would the arrogance of men… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay… — Daniel Handler
A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and… — Ann Radcliffe
...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget… — William Faulkner
He thinks great folly, child,' said Aslan. "This world is bursting with life for these few days because the song with which I called it… — C.S. Lewis
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly… — William Makepeace Thackeray
What is life but a series of inspired follies... — George Bernard Shaw
Afraid? I can dodge folly without backing into fear. — Rex Stout
For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly. — Arthur C. Clarke
Good Lord! who can account for the fathomless folly of the public? — Rudyard Kipling
love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit — William Shakespeare
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. — Jane Austen
I have had my dance with Folly, nor do I shirk the blame; I have sipped the so-called Wine of Life and paid the price… — Eugene O'Neill
If history teaches anything, it teaches that self-delusion in the face of unpleasant facts is folly. — Ronald Reagan
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad
With all my ideas and follies I could one day found a corporate company for the propagation of beautiful but unreliable imaginings. — Robert Walser
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not… — Jim Rohn
Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder. Another is Deity.… — Vera Nazarian
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every… — George Bernard Shaw
Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all … is not to have one. — Nikos Kazantzakis

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