Benjamin Franklin Folly Quotations

It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox

If you wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life

Strange! that a Man who has wit enough to write a Satyr; should have folly enough to publish it.

Anger and Folly walk cheek-by-jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels.

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.

Anger and folly walk cheek by sole.