Follies

Famous quotes containing the word follies:

“Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

“We can’t forever be spending our lives paying for political follies that never gave us anything but always took from us, and I am content with the narrowest metes and bounds provided I have peace and quiet for work.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)

“It is in our faults and failings, not in our virtues, that we touch each other, and find sympathy.... It is in our follies that we are one.”
—Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927)