"The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

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"Folly always knows the answer."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Folly,

"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

"The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"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

"Shall we their fond pageant see?Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Folly, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

Folly, Instinct, Action, Judgment, Reaction

"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

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

George Ade, American Playwright

Folly, Worth

"The abbreviated exam week meant that Wednesday was the last day of school for us. And all day long, it was hard not to walk around, thinking about the lastness of it all."

John Green, American Author

Folly, Desire, Truth, Humanity

"If he had known unstructured space is a delugeand stocked his log house-boat with all the animals even the wolves, he might have floated. But obstinate hestated, The land is solid and stamped, watching his foot sink down through the stone up to his knee. From "Progressive insanities of a pioneer."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Folly, Reality, Nature, Insanity, Foundation

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"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

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"The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

Folly

"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong."

Music

"I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

God

"Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do."

People

"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women."

Beauty

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"Folly always knows the answer."

"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."

"The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

"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."

"Shall we their fond pageant see?Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

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

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

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

"The abbreviated exam week meant that Wednesday was the last day of school for us. And all day long, it was hard not to walk around, thinking about the lastness of it all."

"If he had known unstructured space is a delugeand stocked his log house-boat with all the animals even the wolves, he might have floated. But obstinate hestated, The land is solid and stamped, watching his foot sink down through the stone up to his knee. From "Progressive insanities of a pioneer."

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"I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place."

"The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity."

"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong."

"I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

"Everyone confesses that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us; but most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do."

"A woman's health is her capital."

"Most mothers are instinctive philosophers."

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

"Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm."

"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women."