207 Quotes About Folly

Why do we value most precisely those things we haven't got?

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."(Proverbs 26:4)

He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.

I have a cunning plan.

The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.

People like to believe that they have several options open to them, but this is only a justification for attempting to avoid their battles. A warrior understands the folly of seeking escapisms, for he knows the world is pervaded by power, which comes at him like the waves of the sea. He either mounts the crest of those waves and surfs them, or he goes down under.

Falling into the folly of concentrating on a failure instead of its causes is to fall victim to yet another failure.

The obstinate refusal to consider reform proposals and the insistence on rewriting history rather than learning from it have trapped Pakistan in a vicious circle. Instead of acknowledging bad decisions and moving away from them, Pakistan’s policymakers deny their bad choices; they then make further wrong decisions to support their denial, with further consequences and further denials. It is, based on the criteria defined by Tuchman, classic folly.

Well, now. That's something you will have - a broken heart." Railroad Tommy's eyes softened, but the merriment in them died suddenly. "And folly. A whole lot of folly. You can count on it.