Follies/analysis

Famous quotes containing the words follies and/or analysis:

    “But love is blind, and lovers cannot see
    The pretty follies that themselves commit,
    For if they could, Cupid himself would blush
    To see me thus transformed to a boy.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing, abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties.”
    —Karl Marx (1818–1883)