Folly Quotes
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Ridiculous modes, invented by ignorance, and adopted by folly.
Tobias Smollett -
We may justly condemn ourselves as the greatest sinners we know because we know more of the folly of our own heart than we do of other people's.
William Law
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A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Paul Gauguin -
It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all.
Stevie Smith -
The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.
Joseph Priestley -
Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.
George Washington -
It would be absolute folly to rule myself out of any job.
Stuart Pearce -
Love, a pleasant folly; ambition, a serious stupidity.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas