Quotes About Folly

War is ever the folly of the ignorant. But I have seen much to convince me some wars must be fought, to the bitterest end if need be.

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

I grow increasingly aware, and in more ways than expected that I am at the center of my own field; and whether it be folly or wisdom, it is a very pleasant feeling.

The strongest symptom of wisdom in man is his being sensible of his own follies.

The wisdom of one generation will be folly in the next.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

When ignorance is bliss, there's folly in wisdom.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.

He who considers himself a paragon of wisdom is sure to commit some superlatively stupid act.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie.

A virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

Politeness is not always a sign of wisdom; but the want of it always leaves room for a suspicion of folly, if folly and imprudence are the same.

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.