#folly

You can do but one of these things; it is folly to attempt anything else, for there cannot exist a slave confederacy and a free confederacy side by side upon this continent. ↗

— John Brough

#attempt #cannot #confederacy #continent #else

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#folly #keep #others #secret #wisdom

And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract in mind. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

#craft #folly #mind #novel #screen

Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#folly #foolishness #guilt #regret #anger

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#disproved #everything #folly #his #much

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. ↗

— Beverly Sills

#begins #ends #folly #repentance

If a fool plants a beautiful garden, is he still a fool? ↗

— Marty Rubin

#creating-beauty #folly #beauty

Is it folly to believe in something that is intangible? After all, some of the greatest intangibles are Love, Hope, and Wonder. Another is Deity. The choice to be a fool is yours. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#deity #faith #folly #god #hope

How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly? ↗

— C.R. Strahan

#arrogance #folly #intelligent-men #intelligence

Stupidity is not a behavior; it's a religion. One can die for it! ↗

— Raheel Farooq

#folly #people #stupidity #religion