In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHe's the meanest one. We call him..Byrd the Turd
Marthe JocelynTags: funny folly james marthe-jocelyn
Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.
Jane AustenTags: wickedness folly
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
EpicurusTags: self-reliance folly
It seems, in fact, that the more advanced a society is, the greater will be its interest in ruined things, for it will see in them a redemptively sobering reminder of the fragility of its own achievements. Ruins pose a direct challenge to our concern with power and rank, with bustle and fame. They puncture the inflated folly of our exhaustive and frenetic pursuit of wealth.
Alain de BottonTags: power wealth society fame achievements folly ruins rank
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passions.
Barbara W. TuchmanA thing can be true and still be desperate folly, Hazel.
Richard AdamsTags: truth folly richard-adams watership-down
I wanted to confront her, to make her see the folly of her religion, to change her diet, to help her spend less on makeup and other nonessentials, to make her worship every biological moment she was offered instead of some badly punctured deity. I also wanted to kiss her for some reason, feel the life pulsing in those big Catholic lips, remind myself of the primacy of the living animal, of my time amongst the Romans.
Gary ShteyngartExperience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.
Benjamin FranklinTags: experience learning life-lessons fools folly painful
I have a cunning plan.
Richard CurtisTags: overconfidence folly cunning
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