Famous Quotes - Tags - Folly

  • A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly. More
  • Amiens. What’s that ‘ducdame’?
    Jaques. ‘Tis a Greek invocation, to call fools... More
  • As we grow older, we increase in folly—and in wisdom. More
  • Being fooled, by foolery thrive;
    There’s place and means for every man alive. More
  • Do not let me hear
    Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
    Their fear of... More
  • Don Pedro. You have put him down, lady, you have put him down.
    Beatrice. So I would not he... More
  • Feste. Beshrew me, the knight’s in admirable fooling.
    Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Ay, he does... More
  • First, the cold friction of expiring sense
    Without enchantment, offering no promise
    But... More
  • Folly follows us all through our lives. If one man seems wiser than his neighbors, it is only... More
  • For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly. More
  • He that lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks. More
  • He was warned. And now he’s paid. Let him be buried with the other victims of human greed and... More
  • Heigh-ho, sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly,
    Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere... More
  • How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes... More
  • How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish?... More
  • I am a very foolish fond old man,
    Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;
    And to... More
  • I am weaker than a woman’s tear,
    Tamer than sleep, fonder than ignorance,
    Less valiant... More
  • I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad—and to travel for it too! More
  • If it do come to pass
    That any man turn ass,
    Leaving his wealth and ease
    A stubborn... More
  • If thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, for wise men
    know what monsters you make of them. More
  • It is impossible you should see this,
    Were they as prime as goats, as hot as monkeys,
    As... More
  • Jaques. I was seeking for a fool when I found you.
    Orlando. He is drowned in the brook; look... More
  • Masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass. More
  • Most women’s intelligence tends more to the improving of their folly than their reason. More
  • No more;Mwhere ignorance is bliss
    ‘Tis folly to be wise. More
  • Old fools are babes again, and must be used
    With checks as flatteries. More
  • Only by being guilty of Folly does mortal man in many cases arrive at the perception of Sense. A... More
  • Rosalind. Well, this is the forest of Arden.
    Touchstone. Ay, now am I in Arden, the more fool... More
  • Shall we their fond pageant see?
    Lord, what fools these mortals be! More
  • She will keep no fool, sir, till she be married, and fools are as like husbands as pilchards are... More
  • Since love is folly, a foolish woman is more dangerous than a wise one. More
  • Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of. More
  • Some follies are caught, like contagious diseases. More
  • The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the... More
  • The older a fool is, the worse he is. More
  • The skipping King, he ambled up and down,
    With shallow jesters and rash bavin wits,
    Soon... More
  • There are a great many simpletons who know themselves to be so, and who make a very cunning use... More
  • There’s many a man has more hair than wit. More
  • To think to be wise alone is a very great folly. More
  • What is he for a fool that betroths himself to unquietness? More
  • When we are born, we cry that we are come
    To this great stage of fools. More
  • You are a thousand times a properer man
    Than she a woman. ‘Tis such fools as you
    That... More
  • You do him an injustice. He agrees with you on everything. Except with the fact that I regard him... More
  • You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense. More
  • You must bear with me.
    Pray you now, forget and forgive; I am old and foolish. More

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