“For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise; Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.” IfsMenMindLightHeavenWiseWindReflectionFlowBlowEastFolly Author:Edmund Spenser
“No power of earth, or hell, men or devils, can possibly stand against the word of God; and hence it is the very height of folly and wild madness for any one to set up his thoughts or reasonings in opposition to the plain statements of Holy Scripture; and, on the other hand, it is the beginning and end of all true wisdom to submit in all things to the absolute authority of that Word which is settled forever in Heaven.” MenEndsHandsEarthChristianHeavenHellForeverHolyAuthorityDevilAll ThingsMadnessAbsolutesScriptureStatementsHeightReasoningFollyOppositionWord Of GodSubmitHoly ScripturesTrue WisdomBeginnings And Ends Author:Charles Henry Mackintosh
“For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.” IfsHeavenProveAdvantageFaultsDisappointmentTrialsFollyCorrections Book:Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat. ... A museum should be established to remind China of the follies and disasters that had fallen from 1966 to 1976. We cannot forget what had happened and history should not repeat itself.” ShouldHeavenForgetHappenedRevolutionVictimChinaDisasterFallenTortureRepeatsFollyMuseumsInhumanProletariat Author:Ba Jin
“Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]” HeavenDifficultStriveMortalsFolly Author:Horace
“Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies.” MenActionHeavenReadySucceedBlameExcuseFolly Author:Edmund Spenser
“What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster? To see rare effects, and no cause ; a motion, without a mover ; a circle, without a centre ; a time, without an eternity ; a second, without a first : these are things so against philosophy and natural reason, that he must be a beast in understanding who can believe in them. The thing formed, says that nothing formed it ; and that which is made is, while that which made it is not, This folly is infinite.” ThinkingFirstsBelieveArtMadeReasonPhilosophyAbleEarthHeavenCausesUnderstandingNaturalChanceAtheismEffectsSkillsArt IsEternityInfiniteAtheistFoolishCirclesMade ItBeastFollyFabricCentreHeaven And EarthOysters Author:Jeremy Taylor
“It may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities still more wasting, and distresses yet more dreadful. If this is to be the case, it will have the good effect at least. It will inspire us with many virtues, which we have not, and correct many errors, follies and vices. But I must submit all my hopes and fears to an overruling Providence, in which, unfashionable as the faith may be, I firmly believe.” IfsBelieveMayStillsAmericaSufferingHeavenCasesVirtueEffectsInspireErrorsVicesFollySubmitProvidenceDistressCalamityHopes And Fears Author:John Adams