#foolishness

Passion often makes fools of the wisest men and gives the silliest wisdom. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#passion #wisedom #men

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how. ↗

— Jane Austen

#intelligence #sense #stupidity #intelligence

We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time. ↗

— Hugh Leonard

#crimes #did #foolishness #hate #i

Royse Bergon: "I've seen your integrity in action. It...widened my world. I'd been raised by my father, who is a prudent, cautious man, always looking for men's hidden, selfish motivations. No one can cheat him. But I've seen him cheat himself. If you understand what I mean." Caz: "Yes." R.B.: "It was very foolish of you to attack that vile Roknari galley-man." Caz: "Yes." R.B.: "And yet, I think, given the same circumstances you would do it again." Caz: "Knowing what I know now...it would be harder. But I would hope... I would pray, Royse, that the gods would still lend me such foolishness in my need." R.B: "What is this astonishing foolishness, that shines brighter than all my father's gold? Can you teach me to be such a fool, too, Caz?" Caz: "Oh," "I'm sure of it. ↗

— Lois McMaster Bujold

#integrity #kindness #men

If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#foolishness #bravery

Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity. ↗

— Abraham Cowley

#enough #few #few people #foolishness #knowledge

The biggest fool is one who minds the business of others rather than minding his very own ↗

— Amit Abraham

#foolishness #nose-poking #business

Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance. ↗

— Paul David Tripp

#pride #change

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness. ↗

— Sacha Guitry

#foolishness #wisdom #experience

(Arbell)The ungrateful gorgeous bitch. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#bitch #cale #fool #foolish #foolishness