Folly Quote by Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

— Edward Abbey

“Foolishness had never been an option in his life. He hadn’t acquired the knack for it. He should have known. Kisses, he’d learned through…

— Julie Anne Long

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.

— Sophocles

“Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been…

— Ian Fleming

There are petty-minded people who cannot endure to be reminded of their ignorance because, since they are usually quite blind to all things, quite…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

Acknowledging foolishness is a very powerful and important experience. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the…

— Chogyam Trungpa

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

— Anonymous

“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld

“The magi, as you know, were wise men — wonderfully wise men — who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented…

— Charles Dickens

I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon…

— Ray Bradbury

You can never understand why people do stupid things for love, Unless you, yourself experience how it is to be in LOVE...

— Anonymous

“She shrugged. “I fell. I’m a clumsy fool.” “I know how you feel. I’m such a fool I knocked half my teeth out and…

— Joe Abercrombie

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

— Kathleen Norris

Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as…

— Hermann Hesse