Folly Quotes

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

Folly always knows the answer.

To me, it's the folly of man to make God human.

To take my work seriously would be the height of folly.

'Tis folly to be wise.

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

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

For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.