Folly Quote by Horace

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

— Norm MacDonald

“I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it.”

— Philip Pullman

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

— Richard Cecil

“I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I…

— Philip Pullman

As we grow older, we increase in folly--and in wisdom.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Wisdom may be perennial, but to see its relevance we must see it lived out.

— Eknath Easwaran

And among academicians, and among spirits. I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there…

— Philip Pullman

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.

— Mason Cooley

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

— Jonathan Swift

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the…

— Henry Ward Beecher

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.

— Henry Ward Beecher

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

— Benjamin Franklin