Quotes 21 till 26 of 26.
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The greatest men have not always the best heads; many indiscretions may be pardoned to a brilliant and ardent imagination. The prudence and discretion of a cold heart are not worth half so much as the follies of an ardent mind.
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The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949) -
The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
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We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies it is the first law of nature.
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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