“Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song.” SongSweetBirdMusicalWoodsTheeNosesFollyMelancholyNightingales Author:John Milton
“Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!” NightSweetDelightThis LifeVainFollyMelancholySweetest Author:John Fletcher
“A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.” IfsGivingMayEyeFacesJusticeWiseSweetFoolRedLipsArguingPleasantFollyPairsUsualAccentsHandsomeHeedChastityDullnessRed LipsBright EyesMinerva Book:Vanity Fair Source: Vanity Fair
“I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves.” PeopleKnowsWantStillsBookStoriesDreamLyingStarsBloodTeachingSweetTasteMadnessPleasantFollyIndividualismHarmoniousBewilderment Book:Demian: A Dual-Language Book Source: Demian: A Dual-Language Book
“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.” MenRealizingSweetEternalBonesFleshFollyChasing Book:American Gods Source: American Gods