The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun


Benjamin Franklin

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The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.
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Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.
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The body of a beautiful woman is not made for love; it is too exquisite.
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Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done." Benjamin Franklin
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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
CHARLES SIMMONS
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls t...
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
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The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
JACQUES MARITAIN
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy
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The wisdom of one generation will be the folly of the next.
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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
GEORGE ELIOT
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
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In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.
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For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom.
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It would be a great reform in politics if wisdom could be made to spread as easily and rapidly as fo...
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To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
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Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps ...
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The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie
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All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
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Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.
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Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.
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Wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
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The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.
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The hours of folly are measur’d by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others.
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Supreme happiness will be the greatest cause of misery, and the perfection of wisdom the occassion o...
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That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.
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Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant
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Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.
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I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended wi...
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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
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How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where...
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Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d'heure made up of exquisite moments.
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One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom ...
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Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.
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Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?
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Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.
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Tom Paine ha...
THOMAS A. EDISON Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
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The whole theme of the project is exquisite -- exquisite and expensive.
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Only fools befriend ignorance, and they pay the price. Only the wise befriend wisdom, and they reap ...
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In the end, you will realize most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.
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And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vex...
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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.
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A King will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
ZACH ANNER
Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
Their fear of fear...
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The exquisite art of idleness, one of the most important things that any University can teach.
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It was the longest, most exquisite high of my life, but the hangover came first.
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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.
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Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
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What have you wrought ... A Republic if you can keep it.
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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
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Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Most fools think they are only ignorant.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfort...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervad...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
If you would keep your secret from an enemy,
tell it not to a friend.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be ...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN