Quotes having the keyword Folly
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
by George Bernard Shaw (Dramatist, Irish , born in 1856) keywords: art, brain, digests, education, folly, fool, hence, into, pedantry, philosophy, science, superstition , university It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.
by Philip Stanhope (Statesman, British , born in 1694) keywords: always, business, detect, either, expose, eyes, folly, fraud, his, man, must, often, open, perceive, right, seem, should, shut, them, very , wrong The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
by Paul Valery (Poet, French , born in 1871) topics: Science keywords: capital, discovery, folly, inborn, metaphor, oneself, oracle, paradox, proof, spring, torrent, truths , us The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.
by Queen Victoria (Royalty, British , born in 1819) keywords: anxious, cannot, checking, contain, enlist, everyone, folly, furious, herself, mad, makes, most, queen, rights, she, subject, which, wicked , women What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
by Voltaire (Writer, French , born in 1970) keywords: consequence, each, error, first, folly, formed, frailty, humanity, law, nature, other, pardon, reciprocally, tolerance , us The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats. This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
by E. O. Wilson (Scientist, American , born in 1929) keywords: correct, descendants, destruction, diversity, folly, forgive, genetic, going, habitats, least, likely, loss, millions, natural, now, our, process, species, take, us, will , years The Lord had been very gracious, and spoke peace to me in the time of my distress, and I now most ungratefully turned again to folly; at times I felt sharp reproof, but I did not get low enough to cry for help.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: again, been, cry, did, distress, enough, felt, folly, get, gracious, had, help, lord, low, most, now, peace, reproof, sharp, spoke, time, times, turned , very
