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The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

— Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom at times is found in folly.

— Horace

Some people seem born with a head in which the thin partition that divides great wit from folly is wanting.

— Robert Southey

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.

— Mason Cooley

Beauty and folly are generally companions.

— Baltasar Gracian

He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.

— William Shakespeare

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye…

— Jacques Barzun

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

— Norm MacDonald

Beauty and folly are old companions.

— Benjamin Franklin

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood…

— William Shakespeare

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

— Jonathan Swift