29 quotes found
“Innocence is the most intelligent admission of stupidity.”
“His foe was folly and his weapon wit.”
“The folly of one man is the fortune of another.”
“He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.”
“Answer a fool according to his folly.”
“To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.”
“To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.”
“I will tear this folly from my heart, though every fibre bleed as I rend it away!”
“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”