Foolish Quotes

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Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox Just how is it acquired? One must first go to the bad part of town Until one is very tired… — Cassandra Clare
Nothing in the world is permanent, and weâ€™re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely weâ€™re still more foolish not to take delight… — W. Somerset Maugham
Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That… — Jane Hirshfield
Maybe it was for the best that she'd been so foolish, for if she'd known how hard this would be, perhaps she wouldn't have done… — Kristin Cashore
I had Eondel teach me," Raoden said. "Back when I was trying to find ways to prove that my father's laws were foolish. Eondel chose… — Brandon Sanderson
Of all the things a man may do, sleep probably contributes most to keeping him sane. It puts brackets about each day. If you do… — Roger Zelazny
The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, what a mess I am, I thought, what a fool, how foolish and narrow, how worthless,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things. — Anton Chekhov
My desires are foolish. The things I want are better kept to myself. The hand of silence is steady. The hard blade of silence is… — Henry Rollins
But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies â€” about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being… — Jane Austen
I felt as I hadn't felt for ages. I had a foolish desire to burst into tears. for the first time I'd realized how all… — Albert Camus
When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride.… — Arundhati Roy
You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already… — Denis Diderot
My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish… — Tyler Perry
There is nothing that is quite so reassuring in an awkward situation as knowing that one is well turned-out, and while I hope I am… — Patricia C. Wrede
Madlen: 'It's a relief to me, Lady Queen, that in your own pain, you take no interest in hurting yourself.' Bitterblue: 'Why would I? Why… — Kristin Cashore
You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not? — China Mieville
Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too youngâ€”so have patience with it! — Friedrich Nietzsche
Algaliarept varied its shape, sifting through my mind without me even knowing to choose what scared me the most. Once it had been Ivy. Then… — Kim Harrison

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