Folly Quotes - Page 2

A rat in its stealing behavior may manage to steal gold jewelry and to make a nest with it but that does not in anyway qualify the rat to be a millionaire though it's gold pieces be worth that much.

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.

There are two goddesses in your heard. The Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Wealth. Everyone thinks they need to get wealth first, and wisdom will come. So they concern themselves with chasing money. But they have it backwards. You have to give your heart to the Goddess of Wisdom, giver her all your love and attention, and the Goddess of Wealth will become jealous, and follow you.

Where there is wisdom there is life,and where there is evil there is death.Folly is your enemy and so are fools;wisdom is your friend and so are the wise.

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.

Do they see the lethal insanity of a race to the brink of oblivion, and then over the edge? Apparently not. If they did, surely they wouldn't be racing to begin with. Or is it a simple failure of imagination? One doesn't like to think such a rudimentary failing could bring about the end, yet...

A fool who cursed the sun was surprised to see it still shining.

I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!

He's the meanest one. We call him..Byrd the Turd

It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

Folly and evil are twins;the devil is their father,and wisdom is their enemy.

Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder.Another is Deity.The choice to be a fool is yours.

A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in the folly of the Cross.

Can you blame me, my dear, for looking on this attachment as a romantic folly inspired by that cursed Shakespeare who will poke his nose where he is not wanted?

Answer a fool according to his folly.

Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.

Wisdom is simple but profound.Folly, even when complex, is stupid.

It is certainly impossible to lose respect if you lose out of some stupid discussions.