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• In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

  George Eliot

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Folly

• Man’s wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

  William Temple

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Folly, Worst

• He who lives without folly isn’t so wise as he thinks.

  Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Wise

  Tags in Folly, Lives

• All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

  John Quincy Adams

  Topics in Honesty

  Tags in Profess, Believe, Folly, Men

• True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

  Akhenaton

  Topics in Wisdom

  Tags in Obstinate, Doubt, Folly, Fool, Ignorance, Man, Mind

• It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

  Joseph Addison

  Topics in Age

  Tags in Persecution, Censure, Eminent, Folly, Weakness, Man

• Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

  Mary Astell

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Wit, Malice, Prudently, Folly, Incapable

• Folly hath eagle’s wings, but the eyes of an owl.

  Topics in Dutch Proverbs

  Tags in Folly, Wing

• Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

  William Shakespeare

  Topics in Age, Funny

  Tags in Folly, Freedom

• Those who realize their folly are not true fools.

  Zhuangzi

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Realize, Folly, Fools

• The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

  Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Age, Funny

  Tags in Veracity, Folly

• It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

  Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Wisdom, Wise

  Tags in Great, Folly

• A good folly is worth what you pay for it.

  George Ade

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Worth, Folly

• Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

  Tom Robbins

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Impede, Stars, Folly

• It’s the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

  Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Wise

  Tags in Want, Folly

• Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

  Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Accept, Folly

• The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of ‘Women’s Rights’. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.

  Queen Victoria

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Rights, Folly

• Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?

  Pat Robertson

  Topics in Politics

  Tags in Clergymen, Folly

• All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

  James A. Garfield

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Managed, Governments, Combined, Folly

• Cent-wisdom and dollar-folly.

  Topics in Dutch Proverbs, Wisdom

  Tags in Dollar, Folly, Cent