"Folly always knows the answer."

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

George Ade, American Playwright

Folly, Worth

"One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Folly, Instinct, Action, Judgment, Reaction

"If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them."

Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

Folly, Humanity, Justice, Open

"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense."

Andrew Coyle Bradley, American Judge

Folly, Language, Selfishness, Sense

"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, British Royalty

Folly, Rights, Queen

"Dramatic uprising of stupidity can start from nowhere and only be seen when it reaches it's climax."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

Folly, Stupidity, Madness, Life, Ignorance

"The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another."

Joseph Roux, French Clergyman

Folly,

"Lord what fools these mortals be!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Folly, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

"The best plan is to profit by the folly of others."

Pliny the Elder, Roman Author

Folly, Profit

"That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Folly, Desire, Truth, Humanity

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"At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly."

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"Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little."

Humor

"Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort."

History

"Listening to people keeps them entertained."

People

"Money: power at its most liquid."

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"Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful."

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"Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children."

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

"One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs."

"If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them."

"We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that he deserved to suffer what he did suffer is to do violence not merely to language but to any healthy moral sense."

"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."

"Dramatic uprising of stupidity can start from nowhere and only be seen when it reaches it's climax."

"The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another."

"Lord what fools these mortals be!"

"The best plan is to profit by the folly of others."

"That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones."

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"At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly."

"Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little."

"In every death, a busy world comes to an end."

"Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure."

"Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting."

"Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort."

"Listening to people keeps them entertained."

"Money: power at its most liquid."

"Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful."

"Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children."