Folly Quotes Quotes

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

At ten, you are foolish. At twenty, you are naive. At thirty, you are alert. At forty, you are experienced. At fifty, you are wise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Paying the high cost of education is better than paying the high price of ignorance.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Bitter wisdom is better than sweet folly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Maxims serve the wise,folly enslaves fools.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom is reliable,folly is unfaithful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Arm yourself with wisdom,arm yourself with knowledge;folly is a fierce lion roaming the streets.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom’s slaves are better than folly’s kings.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom always ends up in gain,folly always ends up in pain.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Ignore folly,walk away from it.Pay attention to wisdom,seek it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly and evil are twins;the devil is their father,and wisdom is their enemy.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly, like its consequences, is dreadful.Wisdom, like its rewards, is great.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly and evil are disciples of doom,wisdom and righteousness are servants of life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom is simple but profound.Folly, even when complex, is stupid.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Folly is strong,wisdom is stronger.Evil is mighty,righteousness is mightier.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom is essential,everyone must acquire it.Folly is dangerous,everyone must run from it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Where there is wisdom there is life,and where there is evil there is death.Folly is your enemy and so are fools;wisdom is your friend and so are the wise.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

It's easier to conceal wisdom than folly.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To forsake wisdom is to seek folly,to seek folly is to seek evil,to seek evil is to be in the arms of the devil,and to be in the arms of the devil is be in the arms of death.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history;nature, second.Folly is the worst speaker in history;fools, second.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The greatest prison in the universe is an ignorant mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo