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
Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin
Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Thomas Gray
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett
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
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer
Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
Alexander Pope
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
George Eliot
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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