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Folly Quotes

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

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

George Ade, American Playwright

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"A law can be both economic folly and constitutional."

"A law can be both economic folly and constitutional."

Antonin Scalia, American Judge

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"It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery."

"It would be stupid tameness, and unaccountable folly, for whole nations to suffer one unreasonable, ambitious and cruel man, to wanton and riot in their misery."

Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman

Folly, Man, Misery, Nations

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"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."

"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

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

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

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

Folly, Cleverness, Nothing, Obstinacy

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"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."

"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

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

"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

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"Folly always knows the answer."

"Folly always knows the answer."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"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."

"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

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

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

Joseph Roux, French Clergyman

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"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."

"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

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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."

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

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Folly, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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"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."

"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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"Lord what fools these mortals be!"

"Lord what fools these mortals be!"

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Folly, Truth, Wisdom, Life, Power

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

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

Pliny the Elder, Roman Author

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