Folly Quotes - Page 2
Ellis Peters (2016). “Brother Cadfael: The Complete Chronicles”, p.1400, Head of Zeus Ltd
Edgar Allan Poe (2004). “The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe”, p.455, Wordsworth Editions
Such is the supreme folly of man that he labours so as to labour no more.
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.976, Delphi Classics
That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.
John Owen (2001). “Communion with God”, p.82, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
"Pharaoh". Book by Bolesław Prus, 1897.
Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.
Ben Jonson (1756). “The Works of Ben. Jonson: Underwoods. Timber; or, Discoveries made upon men and matter. Horace, Of the art of poetry [with an English translation by Jonson]. The English grammar. Leges convivales, rules for the Tavern Academy. The case is altered”, p.78
Heathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.108, University of Georgia Press
William Shakespeare (1805). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of Mr. Steeven's [!] Last Edition, with a Selection of the Most Important Notes ...”, p.175
William Shakespeare, Anthony B. Dawson (2003). “Troilus and Cressida”, p.250, Cambridge University Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.287, Library of America
"De Oratore", III. 35, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 645-47,
Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty.
George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.311, e-artnow
"Gargantua" by François Rabelais, ch. XI, 1534.
