Definition of Folly

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Definition of Folly

Folly

The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.

Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.

The result of a foolish action or enterprise.

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Folly Quotations

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
Winston Churchill

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett

Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
Jonathan Swift

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
Jonathan Swift

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Voltaire

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
George Orwell

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
Lord Byron

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
William Blake

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
William Blake

Folly Translations

folly in French is folie
folly in German is Torheit
folly in Italian is stoltezza
folly in Latin is insania

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