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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Alone Folly Great Wise Wish

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Some accidents there are in life that a little folly is necessary to help us out of.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Accidents Folly Help Life Little Necessary Out Some Us

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He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

~Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Topics: Folly He Lives Thinks Who Wise Without

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The 370-year-old antique shop Trifles and Folly is the heart of 'Deadly Curiosities,' my new urban fantasy novel from Solaris Books.

~Gail Z. Martin

Topics: Antique Books Deadly Fantasy Folly Heart New Novel Shop Trifles Urban

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The right of property holds good in all society; but in the West, ethics invade the personal life in a manner unknown to the East, so much so that the Oriental stands agape at our folly, knowing well that every man brings different instincts and ideas into the world with him.

~George A. Moore

Topics: Brings Different East Ethics Every Every Man Folly Good Him Holds Ideas Instincts Invade Knowing Life Man Manner Much Our Personal Personal Life Property Right Society Stands Unknown Well West World

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

~George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Art Brain Digest Education Folly Fool Hence Pedantry Philosophy Science Superstition University

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

~George Eliot

Topics: Applause Folly Half Hears Laughter Vain Wisdom

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In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

~George Orwell

Topics: Age Folly Hatred Issues Itself Keeping Lies Mass Our Out Political Political Issues Politics Schizophrenia Thing

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I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.

~George Will

Topics: Central Close Confidence Felt Folly Got Government Hands Here January Lived Lot Much Now Optimism Pretty Towards Up Washington Whatever Witness Years

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