Folly/history

Famous quotes containing the words folly and/or history:

“He knew human folly like the back of his hand,”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

“Bias, point of view, fury—are they ... so dangerous and must they be ironed out of history, the hills flattened and the contours leveled? The professors talk ... about passion and point of view in history as a Calvinist talks about sin in the bedroom.”
—Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897–1973)