Follies Quotes

Wise lines on human folly and forgivable mistakes.

These follies quotes take a forgiving view of human weakness, with one speaker calling mutual pardon for our follies the first law of nature. Another argues that every person's follies are often the most interesting thing about them.


A sharper line calls wanting to fix the whole world the greatest folly of all. See our action and better quotes for more on ambition and its limits.