Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile… — H. H. Asquith
Every patriot believes his country better than any other country . . . In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough… — Ambrose Bierce
We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses… — Thomas Jefferson
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards becoming either estimable… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
People who wouldn't think of taking a sieve to the well to draw water fail to see the folly in taking a camera to make… — Edward Weston
Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it be true love… — Will Ferguson
Wracked with a hangover I do my muttering over a Black Velvet, a union of champagne and stout. Don't be swindled into believing there's any… — Tallulah Bankhead
Tyranny is usually tempered with assassination, and Democracy must be tempered with culture. In the absence of this, it turns into a representation of collective… — Unknown Author
Global warming has taken the place of Communism as an absurdity that 'liberals' will defend to the death regardless of the evidence showing its folly. — John Ray
If the [Vestiges] be true, the labours of sober induction are in vain; religion is a lie; human law is a mass of folly, and… — Adam Sedgwick
To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan,- The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should… — Thomas Gray
He reflected on the decay of mankind-the decline of the human race into folly and weakness and rottenness. 'Be a good animal, true to your… — D. H. Lawrence
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder… — Leo Rosten
The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has… — Thomas Jefferson
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object,… — Thomas Paine
I have been happy . . . in believing that . . . whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we… — Thomas Jefferson
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to… — James Madison
All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. When will… — Benjamin Franklin

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