85 Folly Quotes for You to Enjoy

The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad, and by laughing at the architecture. Ian Hamilton Finlay

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. James Madison

War Progress Hoped Folly Contains Well Much Reason Wickedness

Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency. John C. Calhoun

Wise Consistency Way Circumstances Would Would-Be Folly Obstinacy Policy Unwise Persist Same Expedient Controlled May Essentially Different Might Certain Acting Measures Necessarily Consequently

According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness. John Quincy Adams

Christian Weakness Folly Principle Effect According Vice

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. John Webster

Wisdom Folly Proceeds

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

Man Age World Every Think Indeed Weakness Folly Eminent Through Passed Affected Persecution Antiquity Escaping Censure Fiery Persons Illustrious

All the best novels are about one thing: how we go on. The characters must survive the fallout of their own cowardice, folly, denial or misguided passion. They squander what matters most, and still they pick up the pieces. Julia Glass

Best Passion Denial Cowardice Matters Own Characters Must One Thing About Folly Misguided Pick Most Pieces How Still Go Fallout Up Squander Survive Novels Thing

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind. Julius Rosenwald

Business Mind Worrying About Folly Could Wrong Learned Always Anything Worked Business Career Dismissed Hard Thing Early Career

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

Wisdom Women Men Has-Been Must Folly Determined More Perhaps Wit Although Said Been Malice Women Are Than Either Incapable Means Acting Grant Naturally Necessarily

Folly always knows the answer. Mason Cooley

Folly Knows Answer Always

Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the security practitioners, those rarely in the headlines but whose craft and energy quietly break new ground, who keep us safe or put us in peril. Michael Hayden

Wisdom Events Energy State Those Security Threatened Rarely Folly Shape Put Obsessions Headlines New Heads Global Peril Safe Quietly Craft Often Break Formed Us Ground Who Keep Whose

Like so many other grammar schools that flourished in Britain before they were abolished through a mix of ideology and political folly, Harrow County was a fiercely competitive institution, where all boys were taught to strive for excellence. It was precisely because of this demanding regime that results were so good. Michael Portillo

Good Political Demanding Ideology Before Other Strive Abolish Folly Excellence Results Through Institution Like County Schools Because Boy Mix Were Precisely Taught Where Grammar Regime Fiercely Many Competitive Britain

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. Moses Mendelssohn

Own Profit Others Everything Must Folly Superiority He Principal Proved His Process Much Theory Disproved Axiom

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? Oliver Goldsmith

Art Woman Too Late Guilt Men Too Late Melancholy Finds Betray Folly Charm Soothe Lovely Wash Away Her

The Bay of Pigs became a metaphor for feckless folly and failure. Pat Buchanan

Failure Bay Folly Became Pigs Metaphor

What I don't think I knew when I was young was that 'losing your faith' is actually part of the plan for a lot of people - that it's actually maybe the most beautiful and graceful thing that can happen. The mystery of God can handle all of it. It can handle all of your thoughts, all of your doubts, all of your folly. It's all in the game. Pete Holmes

Beautiful God Faith Thoughts Game People Most Beautiful Losing Young Think Folly Mystery Part Knew Most Lot Graceful Handle Maybe Happen Plan Your Doubts Actually Thing

Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Laughter Manners Characteristic Folly Frequent Loud Ill

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when you live next door. Publilius Syrus

You Fire Live Punish Neighbor Folly Door Next Next Door Your

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. Richard Whately

Men Folly Expect Expected May Reasonably

Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society. Robert Owen

Law Society State Paraphernalia Folly Rational Courts Cannot Found

We would like the rest of the world to look up to American democracy. So when there is this kind of folly taking place, it makes it difficult for other rational nations to look up to American democracy. Sheldon Whitehouse

Democracy World Rest Difficult Other Kind Would Folly Rational Taking Like Look Makes Up American Nations Place

Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher. Steven Rattner

Buy Business Money Pure Tough Lose Young Indeed Run Seeking Folly Tough Business Winners Winning Higher Picking Investors Instead Individuals Sophisticated Ticket Most Likely Venture Lottery Your Companies Many Even Professionally Among Funds Chance

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