Folly Quotes

717 Folly quotes by 471 unique authors

Monarchy is an outrage which even the blind of an entire people cannot justify... all men hold from nature the secret mission to destroy wherever… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler — Wilhelm Canaris
History, in fact, is no more than a list of the crimes of humanity, human follies and accidents — Edward Gibbon
Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation. — Hosea Ballou
The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly. — Norm MacDonald
The current perception I get from the evening news is that the world is dominated by human failure, crime, catastrophe, corruption, and tragedy. We are… — Deepak Chopra
There are few enough people with sufficient independence to see the weaknesses and follies of their contemporaries and remain themselves untouched by them. — Albert Einstein
Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a manâ€™s composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain… — Henry Mackenzie
Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising. — Tracy Chevalier
I have no temptation to vote, to campaign, to try and stop a candidate who promises new follies. — Harry Browne
You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and,… — William Allen White
All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly. . . . He… — Robert McNamara
But now, instead of discussion and argument, brute force rises up to the rescue of discomfited error, and crushes truth and right into the dust.… — Adin Ballou
I believe more follies are committed out of complaisance to the world, than in following our own inclinations. — Mary Wortley Montagu
There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. — Carl Sagan
When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is… — George Washington
How I envy those clerks who go by to their offices in the morning! There's the day's work cut out for them; no question of… — George Gissing
A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man. — Paul Gauguin
The notion that the careless sinner is the smart fellow and the serious-minded Christian, though well-intentioned, is a stupid dolt altogether out of touch with… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty. — George Bernard Shaw

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