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    Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
    From reveries so airy, from the toil
    Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
    And growing old in drawing nothing up.

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The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Folly Quotes,
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Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness read more

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a
pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

by Bible Found in: Folly Quotes,
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He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

He is a fool
Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.

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A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot read more

A fool always finds one still more foolish to admire him.
[Fr., Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire.]

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To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd.
And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.

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Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are
fools.

by George Chapman Found in: Folly Quotes,
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The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]

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A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival read more

A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of
skepticism may . . . readily degenerate into the rival folly of
credulity.

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More knave than fool.

More knave than fool.

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