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He uses his folly like a stalking-horse, and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit.
Fools and Foolishness
William Shakespeare

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Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
Improvement
Charles Simmons

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Fools and Foolishness
Herbert Spencer

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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
Obstinacy
Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
Men
Jonathan Swift

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The folly of all follies is to be love sick for a shadow.
Fools and Foolishness
Lord Alfred Tennyson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun