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Folly Quotes

"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness"

"And so being young and dipt in folly I fell in love with melancholy"

"There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men "

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

"The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction."

"Clever in small things, foolish in bigger ones."

"There is no fire like passion. There is no shark like hatred. There is no snare like folly. There is no torrent like greed."

"A thing can be true and still be desperate folly, Hazel."

"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education."

"To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly."