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If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime.

“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

Author YahooeyPosted on January 1, 2020December 28, 2019Categories QuotationsTags chronicle, crime, folly, history, James George Frazer, logical, mankind, rational, The Golden Bough, wiseLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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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.

“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

Author YahooeyPosted on July 10, 2018June 16, 2018Categories QuotationsTags embarrassment, folly, John Wyndham, success, The Day of the Triffids, youthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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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.

“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

Author YahooeyPosted on September 5, 2017August 23, 2017Categories QuotationsTags animosity, experience, folly, fools, Robert A. HeinleinLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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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.
“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

Author YahooeyPosted on August 13, 2014August 13, 2014Categories QuotationsTags folly, George Bernard Shaw, inspiration, opportunities, opportunityLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

“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

Author YahooeyPosted on April 27, 2014February 12, 2016Categories QuotationsTags folly, fools, Herbert SpencerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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)

Author YahooeyPosted on March 3, 2014March 2, 2014Categories MusicTags Blue Öyster Cult, folly, Godzilla, nature, SpectresLeave a comment on Lyric of the Day — March 3rd 2014

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