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Folly Quotes
On foolishness, wisdom, and human error.
These quotes explore folly as human foolishness, including the well-known line that 'where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise' and the observation that no amount of human error can slow the stars in their courses. Readers interested in related themes may enjoy our Ambition quotes.
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- Laws
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There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.
- Tis
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'Tis folly to be wise.
- For The Day
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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
- Answer
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Folly always knows the answer.
- Loves
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
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The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
- Principle
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According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.
- Life
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What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.
- People
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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
- Nothing
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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