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The folly of one man is the fortune of another. - Francis Bacon, Of Fortune Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation. - Hosea Ballou Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XVII, v. 28) It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XX, v. 3) Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXVI, v. 4-5) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. XXVII, v. 22) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. - Bible, Psalms (ch. XIV, v. 1) If others had not been foolish, we should be so. - William Blake A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him. [Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.] - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux, L'art Poetique (I, 232) Fool me no fools. - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, Last Days of Pompeii (bk. III, ch. 6) To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd. And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd. - Samuel Butler (1), Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 923) Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), English Bards and Scotch Reviewers (l. 6) Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron), Monody on the Death of the Rt. Hon. R.B. Sheridan (l. 68) Folly is wont to have more followers and comrades than discretion. [Sp., Mas acompanados y paniguados debe di tener la locura que la discrecion.] - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), Don Quixote (II, 13) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK More knave than fool. - Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra), Don Quixote (pt. I, bk. IV, ch. 2) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK Women, like men, may be persuaded to confess their faults; but their follies, never.-Alfred de Musset. There are well-dressed follies, as there are well-clothed fools. - Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas de Chamfort Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. - George Chapman, All Fools (act V, sc. 1, l. 292) The shortest follies are the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.] - Pierre Charron, Las Sagesse (bk. I, ch. 3) Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce. - Charles Churchill, Apology (l. 42) No one should so act as to take advantage of another's folly. - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short) All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Epistles (IX, 22) To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbial disgrace. [Lat., Culpa enim illa, bis ad eundem, vulgari reprehensa proverbio est.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), Epistles (X, 20) A fool must now and then be right by chance. - William Cowper The solemn fog; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. - William Cowper, Conversation (l. 299) Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up. - William Cowper, Task (bk. III, l. 187) Displaying page 1 of 5 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5
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