Every man Quote by Nikos Kazantzakis

“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one.”

— Nikos Kazantzakis

The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able…

— Atom Egoyan

It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a…

— William Graham Sumner

The why is plain as way to parish church: He that a fool doth very wisely hit Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not…

— William Shakespeare

Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

— Francis Quarles

To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly…

— Henry Drummond

“A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in…

— Emile Bougaud

“It is the greatest folly that is in Babel for people to strive about religion, so that they contend vehemently about opinions of their…

— Jakob Böhme

The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

WIFE, Another man's folly;

— Nikhil Saluja

The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals would not only load himself with…

— Adam Smith

“The one thing that troubles me is the ringing; it persists in my ear day and night, like the tolling of a distant temple…

— Masuji Ibuse

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting... Thus a man of knowledge sweats and puffs and if one looks…

— Carlos Castaneda

“People try to get out of themselves and to escape from the man. This is folly; instead of transforming themselves into angels, they turn…

— Montaigne

There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom.

— Nicolas Chamfort