Such is our pride, our
folly, or our fate,
That few, but such as cannot write, translate. ('To Richard Fanshaw' 1648)
View quotes by Sir John DenhamWhen lovely woman stoops to
folly
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy,
What art can wash her guilt away?
View quotes by Oliver GoldsmithAll my joys to this are
folly,
Naught so sweet as Melancholy
View quotes by Robert BurtonThe ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of
folly, is to fill the world with fools. (Essays, 1891)
View quotes by Herbert SpencerThe best plan is to profit by the
folly of others.
View quotes by Pliny The ElderIt is
folly to punish your neighbour by fire when you live next door.
View quotes by Publilius SyrusThe
folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us
View quotes by Paul ValeryMy only books
Were woman's looks,
And
folly's all they've taught me.
View quotes by Thomas MooreHumanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile
folly and ignorant superstition.
View quotes by Isaac AsimovLook at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from
folly rather than participate in it.
View quotes by Warren BuffettFolly loves the martyrdom of fame.
View quotes by Lord ByronThere is no greater
folly in the world than for a man to despair.
View quotes by Miguel De CervantesA fool's brain digests philosophy into
folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawThe ultimate effect of shielding men from the effects of
folly, is to fill the world with fools.
View quotes by Herbert SpencerSometimes one likes foolish people for their
folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
View quotes by Elizabeth GaskellFear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less
folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
View quotes by Francis QuarlesMen often treat others worse than they treat themselves, but they rarely treat anyone better. It is the height of
folly to expect consideration and decency from a person who mistreats himself.
View quotes by Thomas SzaszIt is
folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
View quotes by EpicurusOne man's
folly is another man's wife.
View quotes by Helen RowlandLove is the wisdom of the fool and the
folly of the wise.
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