Folly Quotations
Folly Quotes from:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- William Shakespeare
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld
- George Herbert
- Mason Cooley
- Baltasar Gracian
- George Bernard Shaw
- Horace
- Publilius Syrus
- Alexander Pope
- Ambrose Bierce
- Ambrose Gwinett Bierce
- Bible Bible
- George R R Martin
- Jane Austen
- Johann Kaspar Lavater
- John C Calhoun
- Lee Peterson
- Pierre Charron
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Consequences Quotes
Everything a teenager does, says or looks at, however transitory, contributes to an aggregated virtual self that might one day have consequences for its real-life counterpart. How many of us would keep all our relationships and reputations intact if every transgression, mistake or youthful folly was held in public view?
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Aunt Quotes
Something in the human psyche confuses beauty with the right to be loved. The briefest glance at human folly reveals that good looks and worthiness operate independently. Yet countless socializing forces, from Aunt Clara to the latest perfume ad, reinforce beliefs like 'If I were pretty enough, I would be loved.'
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Certain Quotes
Measures of policy are necessarily controlled by circumstances; and, consequently, what may be wise and expedient under certain circumstances might be eminently unwise and impolitic under different circumstances. To persist in acting in the same way under circumstances essentially different would be folly and obstinacy, and not consistency.
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Fanaticism Quotes
Fanatics, as a class, have far more zeal than intellect and are fanatics only because they have. There can be no fanaticism but where there is more passion than reason; and hence, in the nature of things, movements originating in it run down in a short time by their folly and extravagance.
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Absolute Quotes
We believe that there's going to be a complete landscape of devices in the future that will enable people to access the Internet, send e-mail and do computing. I think it is absolute folly to say that any one of these devices will serve the needs of the entire industry and all markets.
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Black Quotes
If Black folks want to blame someone for this tragedy they only need to look in the mirror. Mayor Nagin has blamed everyone else except himself. The Mayor failed in his duty to evacuate and protect the people of New Orleans. Our prayers go out to the families of the deceased. Hopefully this will help Black people realize the folly of depending on the government or leaders and serve as a notice to avert future tragedies in other cities.
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Baseball Quotes
Our interest in being involved in football, baseball and basketball is undiminished, ... We're just not prepared to be in it at the price they're charging. If the price changes and everyone comes to their senses, we'll be a bidder. But we don't think it's worth losing hundreds of millions. If the folly continues, I think it's unlikely we'll be back in it.
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Enables Quotes
EXPERIENCE, n. The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.To one who, journeying through night and fog, Is mired neck-deep in an unwholesome bog, Experience, like the rising of the dawn, Reveals the path that he should not have gone. --Joel Frad Bink
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Allowed Quotes
In some ways, we -- along with many of our peer institutions -- have allowed rankings to define us, not only to the outside world, but also to ourselves. It is folly to distil all that makes an individual school unique into a simple rank. There is no such thing as a number one school.
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Along Quotes
If you want to succeed in the world you must make your own opportunities as you go on. The man who waits for some seventh wave to toss him on dry land will find that the seventh wave is a long time a-coming. You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.