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Quotes Tagged "folly"

The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
— James A. Garfield
Tags: folly, free, people, wisdom
It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend's folly.
— J. R. R. Tolkien
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It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
— Lord Byron
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Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
— Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Tags: folly, loud, manners, laughter
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
— Thomas Gray
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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
— Jonathan Swift
Tags: folly, happy, men, humor
Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
— Richard Cecil
Tags: folly, worst, day, wisdom
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
— John Webster
Tags: folly, wisdom
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
— Pythagoras
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