Folly Quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein Download Open image ““Always come down from the barren heights of cleverness into the green valleys of folly.”” — Ludwig Wittgenstein ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cleverness Green Come Barren Folly Green Valleys Valleys Folly
“The method by which the fool arrives at his folly was as dear to him as the ultimate wisdom of the wise.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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“What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
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“The enchanted world arising out of the dim mists of the past, into which he just stepped, quivered-and disappeared.” — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
“You have to descend to the valley of humility to climb to heights of character.” — ANIKOR Daniel Copy Share Image
“The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But some of the greatest achievements in philosophy could only be compared with taking up some books which seemed to belong together, and putting… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
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A teacher who can show good, or indeed astounding results while he is teaching, is still not on that account a good teacher, for… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Where does our investigation get its importance from, since it seems only to destroy everything interesting, that is, all that is great and important?… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
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While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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“Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.” — Proverbs 16:22 Bible KJV Copy Share Image
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Tis easy to break an idol, very easy: to regard the self as easy to subdue is folly, folly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
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What curious little corners of folly are to be found in even the sanest brain! — Marie of Romania Copy Share Image
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It is such a supreme folly to believe that nuclear weapons are deadly only if they're used. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image