Quotes About Foolish

War has always seemed to me a foolish choice for men. Whatever they win from it, they will have only a handful of years to enjoy before they die. Most likely they will perish trying.

Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

There was a vividness to him, even at rest, that made death and spirits seem foolish

War has always seemed to me a foolish choice for men. Whatever they wi from it, they will only have a handful of years enjoy before they die. More likely they will perish trying.

Heaven?s gate is narrow and minute,* It cannot be perceived by foolish men, Blinded by vain illusions of the world. E?en the clear-sighted, who discern the way And seek to enter, find the portal barred And hard to be unlocked. Its massive bolts Are pride and passion, avarice and lust.

If sin be subtle, watchful, strong, and always at work in the business of killing our souls, and we be slothful, negligent, foolish, in proceeding to the ruin thereof, can we expect a comfortable event? There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on; and it will be so whilst we live in this world.

Prosperity hath slain the foolish and wounded the wise.

But God, in His appointed time, will vindicate His honor and glory from the foolish attempts of sinful men who attempt to strip Him of both.

The persons who become rich are, generally speaking, industrious, resolute, proud, covetous, prompt, methodical, sensible, unimaginative, insensitive, and ignorant. The persons who remain poor are the entirely foolish, the entirely wise, the idle, the reckless, the humble, the thoughtful, the dull, the imaginative, the sensitive, the well-informed, the improvident, the irregularly and impulsively wicked, the clumsy knave, the open thief, and the entirely merciful just and godly person.

You have to eliminate the low-hanging targets first, on the off chance you were dealing with morons.

To a man born without conscience, a soul-stricken man must seem ridiculous. To a criminal, honesty is foolish. You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.

To a criminal, honesty is foolish.

Hope bases vast premises upon foolish accidents and reads a word where, in fact, only a scribble exists.

God bless our good and gracious King, Whose promise none relies on; Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.

it's almost like a language, because every language gives you access to its share of reality, and the different religions are different languages that can each have its truth, and its lack of truth, I think and it's foolish to think that God is anything defined, anything you can say something about...

Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves.

How foolish of me to have disregarded you, dear goddess. I won't make that mistake again.

How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.

It's foolish to fear what we've yet to see and know.

Advice in old age is foolish for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

We have a very foolish notion in Western countries that progress delivers freedom. But progress doesn't necessarily bring moral virtue.

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.

A word to the wise isn't necessary,it's the stupid ones that need the advice.