I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
Anatole France
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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Thomas Gray
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If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
William Blake
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Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin
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Life should never be viewed from the vantage point of achievements. It is total folly.
John Mellencamp
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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
Jonathan Swift
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'Tis folly to be wise.
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
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Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
Zhuangzi
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Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.
Robert South
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A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.
Antonin Scalia
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It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
Richard Whately
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson
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The Bay of Pigs became a metaphor for feckless folly and failure.
Pat Buchanan
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