'Tis folly to be wise.
quote by Thomas Gray
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Folly
(For A. K. K.)
What distant mountains thrill and glow
Beneath our Lady Folly's tread?
Why has she left us, wise in woe,
Shrewd, practical, uncomforted?
We cannot love or dream or sing,
We are too cynical to pray,
There is no joy in anything
Since Lady Folly went away.
Many a knight and gentle maid,
Whose glory shines from years gone by,
Through ignorance was unafraid
And as a fool knew how to die.
Saint Folly rode beside Jehanne
And broke the ranks of Hell with her,
And Folly's smile shone brightly on
Christ's plaything, Brother Juniper.
Our minds are troubled and defiled
By study in a weary school.
O for the folly of the child!
The ready courage of the fool!
Lord, crush our knowledge utterly
And make us humble, simple men;
And cleansed of wisdom, let us see
Our Lady Folly's face again.
poem by Joyce Kilmer
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Chanson d’Amour
I thought to live without true love
All my life through to be at peace,
But this heart, once again, would prove
Its folly from which I had won free.
Greater the folly is in me
Than child crying foolishly
To possess the lovely star
He sees shining clear and far.
However much I may despair
Love has well rewarded me
For serving him with all the care
I possess, without treachery,
Making Folly’s King of me.
Let all beware his deceit
Who grants such a gift, we see,
To those who serve loyally.
If I show anger it’s no wonder
To one who wounds me so sore
God! If I had him in my power
For just one day and no more:
Then he’d pay for his folly
As God my witness be!
He’d pay with his death, unless
He vanquished my lady blessed.
Ay! Noble heart, that is so wise,
Don’t scorn all my foolishness.
I know I’ve not the slightest right
To love you, just a lover’s right:
But folly drives us recklessly
Like a storm-tossed ship at sea,
That’s blown where the wind will blow,
Until all’s wrecked and brought low.
My lady who lacks never a grace,
Generous, kind, show me mercy:
Since there’s no evil in that face
But all good shines there clearly,
You know from whence this folly
That takes my life comes to me.
To whom can I cry again,
Except to you, in pain?
Song, pay her your respects, she
Is my sweet folly, and please
Beg her for God and honour
Never to prove a traitor.
poem by Le Châtelain de Coucy
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oH THE folly of Men
was it said
somewhere else
that Man's folly
is God's
wisdom?
could this be
the same as
Man's wisdom
is God's Folly?
Man is foolish
to love gold
God is wise
to love nothing.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise foundress of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.
He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.
quote by La Rochefoucauld
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It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Nobody so wise but has a little folly to spare.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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He who lives without folly is not so wise as he imagines.
quote by La Rochefoucauld
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise.
Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it.
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
quote by La Rochefoucauld
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The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
quote by William Blake
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If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
quote by William Blake
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Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
quote by Thomas Gray
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Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
quote by Bible, Proverbs 26:4 (NIV)
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Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
quote by Samuel Johnson
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Love is the wisdom of the fool, and the folly of the wise.
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