Quotes of Foolery - somelinesforyou

“ The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ I count religion but a childish toy, And hold there is no sin but ignorance. Birds of the air will tell of murders past. I am asham'd to hear such fooleries! ”

- Christopher Marlowe

“ Has death his fopperies? ”

- Edward Young

“ You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion. Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat's meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence… ”

- Aldous Huxley

“ Life is a very sad piece of buffoonery, because we have… the need to fool ourselves continuously by the spontaneous creation of a reality… which, from time to time, reveals itself to be vain and illusory. ”

- Luigi Pirandello
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