Quotes about Folly

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

The folly isn't mine. It's God's folly. Even in the old days he never asked men to do what was reasonable.

It is folly to abstain all day long from food, but fail to abstain from sin and selfishness.

I've seen more trouble come from long engagements than from any other forms of human folly.

This is enormous folly, and ignorance of Christian life and faith, when a man seeks, without faith, to be justified and saved by works.

Why does folly often prevail over wisdom in the counsels of princes, and in houses of legislators? God has appointed the rejection of good counsel in order to bring on nations that vengeance that their crimes call down from heaven.

Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt to slacken virtue, and abate her edge, Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.