Foolish

Famous quotes containing the word foolish:

“Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 9:17.

Speech of “a foolish woman” to “him that wanteth understanding.”

“The trees stand in the setting sun,
I in their freckled shade
Regard the cavalcade of sin,
Remorse for foolish action done,
That pass like ghosts regardless, in
A human image made....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“What am I to choose? “Choose what you please, as long as you choose.” There you have a foolish answer, which seems to be the outcome, however, of all Dogmatism, which will not allow us to be ignorant of that which we are ignorant.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)