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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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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool
will be meddling.

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The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.

The solemn fog; significant and budge;
A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge.

by William Cowper Found in: Folly Quotes,
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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

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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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Fool me no fools.

Fool me no fools.

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A fool must now and then be right by chance.

A fool must now and then be right by chance.

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The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

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