Folly Quotes
(1 - 10 of 26)He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.
The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.
The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.
Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into more
Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
And growing old in drawing nothing up.
Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]
Exactness is the sublimity of fools.
[Fr., L'exactitude est le sublime des sots.]
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only more
A fool and a wise man are alike both in the starting-place--their
birth, and at the post--their death; only they differ in the race
of their lives.
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival more
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly of
credulity.
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed more
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.
