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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
(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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Time and Experience
I found the past in my present
I built the future on my past
I found the gift of today
When I thought about what
The future has to offer
Where is the wisdom in experience
If there is no folly in wisdom
What's the real meaning of death
If our spirits live forever
Times never change
But circumstances do
I'll let mystery play with the future
Surprises couple with the present
And experience mourn the past
Because sun always rises from the east
And each day always comes to an end
Experience is not chained to wisdom
Nor is folly tied to bad results
But to the circumstances that burden
Our past, present and future because
Time is always anxious for the future
Experience loves the present
And wisdom never divorces the past
poem by Benaiah Sondashi
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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
quote by Charles Simmons
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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The Lower Room
How soft the lamplight falls
On pictures, books,
And pleasant coloured walls
And curtains drawn!
How happily one looks
On glowing flame and ember;
Ah, why should one remember
Dew and dawn!
Here age and wisdom sit
Calm and discreet,
Life and the fruit of it
Are here in truth,
Whose gathering once was sweet--
Wisdom and age! Well met!
Yet neither can forget
Folly and youth!
poem by Edith Nesbit
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
quote by Samuel Johnson
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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There is no way to teach a machine wisdom after folly.
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
quote by William Temple
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Love is the wisdom of the fool, and the folly of the wise.
quote by Samuel Johnson
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
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To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.
quote by William Samuel Johnson
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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It is a great point of wisdom to find out one's own folly.
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
quote by Samuel Johnson
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.
quote by Anatole France
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Some people take more care to hide their wisdom than their folly.
quote by Jonathan Swift
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.
quote by Arthur C. Clarke
Submitted by Catalin Popescu
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