#folly

When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes. ↗

— Richard Cecil

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster! ↗

— Denis Diderot

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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise. ↗

— William Blake

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If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. ↗

— William Blake

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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. ↗

— William Blake

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We should never rush into folly just because other nations are practicing it. ↗