Quotes About Folly

Wisdom and folly are equal before the face of Infinity, for Infinity knows them not.

He felt that in the eyes of the Infinite wisdom and folly are the same, for the Infinite knows them not.

Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These, now as of old, are not gifts of the gods: men stumble into them themselves because of their own blindness and folly.

A true fad has little utility beyond its entertainment value. Think of the Mood Ring, the Pet Rock, the Slinky, Silly Putty.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.

Sometimes things that seem like good ideas in theory, in practice turn out to be the worst kinds of boneheaded blunders.

Aprovechemos el contento de espíritu cuando acude. Guardémonos de alejarlo por nuestra culpa, pero no hagamos proyectos para encadenarlo, pues que tales proyectos son puras locuras.

Such is the supreme folly of man that he labours so as to labour no more.

Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.

I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.

Stultorum cavea mundus est.

Yes, well, life is a folly. If you live long enough, nothing is surprising.

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

Live blindly and upon the hour. The Lord,Who was the Future, died full long ago.Knowledge which is the Past is folly.

Insanity is in the eyes of the beholder. So I will continue to live my personal folly.

With love, there are no rules. Some may try to control their emotions and develop strategies for their behavior; others may turn to reading books of advice from experts on relationships - but this is all folly. The heart decides, and what it decides is all that really matters.

Agree with an idiot and you're only one step away from turning into one yourself.

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

Vanity's ridiculous, be we all fall prey to it from time to time.

There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it's self is stupidity.

Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.

Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.

This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of wit: He must observe their mood on whom he jests, The quality of persons, and the time, And, like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practise As full of labour as a wise man's art For folly that he wisely shows is fit; But wise men, folly-fall'n, quite taint their wit.