Folly/history

Famous quotes containing the words folly and/or history:

“They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedom’s cause.”
—Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

“A man will not need to study history to find out what is best for his own culture.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)