#folly

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance. ↗

— Akhenaton

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It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly. ↗

— John George Nicolay

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Always the cat remains a little beyond the limits we try to set for him in our blind folly. ↗

— Andre Norton

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Courts of law, and all the paraphernalia and folly of law cannot be found in a rational state of society. ↗

— Robert Owen

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Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind. ↗

— Julius Rosenwald

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