Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish… — James Madison
Unanswered prayers of lowly birth/On wings of folly round the earth/Illusion clouds the eyes that raise/To the emerald gods they praise. — Kate Miller
Revolt and revolution both wind up at the same crossroads: the police, or folly — Albert Camus
Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis… — John Adams
Yow Idonia while some likkle fool busy doing folly. wii try stack up gunz like Grands Pen, Bordline, Jungle and Tivoli. — Aidonia
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. — Proverbs 31:6
Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly. — Jonathan Swift
Writers who have delved into human nature, ancient masters of strategy, historians of human stupidity and folly, kings and queens who have learned the hard… — Robert Greene
I would also make sure that their diplomats are treated like the pariahs they are around the world, the same way we treated the apartheid… — Mitt Romney
The ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools. — Herbert Spencer
He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. — Nishan Panwar
They who in folly or mere greed Enslaved religion, markets, laws, Borrow our language now and bid Us to speak up in freedom's cause. — Cecil Day-Lewis
Mine honesty and I begin to square. The loyalty well held to fools does make Our faith mere folly; yet he that can endure To… — William Shakespeare
He knew human folly like the back of his hand, — Wystan Hugh Auden
WIFE, Another man's folly; — Nikhil Saluja
Nothing is more generally exploded than the folly of talking too much. — Jonathan Swift
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. — Unknown Author

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