“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”
“it is so inevitable that men will be fools that it is only by another shift of folly that one might not be”
“The folly of men not their hard heartedness was the great cause of the world s poverty.”
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.”
“The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.”
“Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.”