“If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime.” — James George Frazer, The Golden Bough
Tag: folly
Quote of the Day
“We all have our youthful follies embarrassing to recall – but people somehow find it hard to dismiss as a youthful folly anything that has happened to be a financial success.” — John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids
Quote of the Day
“A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
Quote of the Day
“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.” — George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
Quote of the Day
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.” — Herbert Spencer, Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, vol. 3
Lyric of the Day — March 3rd 2014
“History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of man”
— Blue Öyster Cult, Godzilla, Spectres (1977)
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