He who lives without folly is not as wise as he may think.
– Franois de La Rochefoucauld
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- A weakling is incapable of sincerity. – Franois de La Rochefoucauld
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- We forgive so long as we love. – Franois de La Rochefoucauld
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- Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all, in my view, is not to have one. – Nikos Kazantzakis
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- The folly of the wise is better than the wisdom of fools. – Matshona Dhliwayo
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- The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep – Edgar Watson Howe
- Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition. – Franois Rabelais
- There is no shadow without the sun.No suffering without divinity.No fear without love.No despair without desire.No hopelessness without faith. – Brownell Landrum
- That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realizing that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones. – Neil Gaiman
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- Whatever Jesus lays His hands upon, lives. If He lays is hands upon a marriage, it lives. If He is allowed to lay His hands on the family, it lives. – Howard W Hunter
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- The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all? – Maya Angelou
- A writer creates many lives, changes lives, and with that lives forever. – Jen Golembiewski
- He who lives for nothing costs the lives of many, but he who lives for something greater than himself preserves those he loves. – Christopher Hopper
- A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- one idiot can shut 1000 wise men mouths, where as 1000 wise will fail to open the eyes of an idiot. – yssubramanyam
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- In a democracy, people always vote for their alike! Pig for the pig, raven for the raven! Dull for the dull, wise for the wise! – Mehmet Murat ildan