folly

After one year at the university he gave up his studies, it was an act of the greatest folly.

Novell committed the ultimate folly for a software company: trying to attack Microsoft head-on, with its own desktop applications.

The work is one of a long line of fantastic images left by an artist who was known for moralizing on the consequences of sin and folly.

Sometimes it is only sensible to interfere. A word in season might have saved Paterson from his own folly.

Politeness is not always the sign of wisdom, but the want of it always leaves room for the suspicion of folly.

The angry wife said she was blind in choosing him, who said answering a fool according his folly that the sight of her made him sick.

My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly.

He gave his students no vision to fight for--only only the prospect of joining him in the ranks of the all-knowing witnesses to human folly.

To turn his head and look at her would have been inconceivable folly.

But second, it would be folly to put the burden of adjustment solely on them, for that would create a huge deflationary bias.

'No! ' he said, a little sullenly, but stoutly; 'I'm NOT sorry. And it wasn't folly at all! It was simply glorious! '

And much of what I stumbled into by folly wing my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Now the people sneer at me-the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till I blush shamefully for my folly.

Here we see another example of his folly, as he encourages his son to be just as boorish and awful as he is.

the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly.

At last, in attacking sacerdotal power, he was led to deny transubstantiation, which he called a deceit and a blasphemous folly.

I copied and sent him a great part of it, which set in a strong light the folly of pursuing the Muses.

Such a crush of finery and folly she had never seen. It clinched her convictions concerning her state.

Years of drought and floods mercilessly show how rediculous our folly is. And now we found the actual value of these "waste lands" .

In a brief statement, Folly apologized to his family and constituents, but did not address the contents of the emails.

To his wife he was very little otherwise indebted, than as her ignorance and folly had contributed to his amusement.

What folly to let such a man chair the Homeland Security Committee of the House of Representatives.

Trying to cover up the mistake is an act of folly.

Not until the dramatic end does the obsessive Nicholson recognize the folly of assisting the enemy in war and destroy the bridge.

He was wild enough and obstinate enough to commit any folly when a woman he loved was in the case.

So much about North Korea remains impenetrable that it would be folly to claim I've gotten everything right.

The lust for the superfluous is folly, for it has no bounds.

For a future president to decide now what to do in Iraq a year hence would be folly.

It would be sheer folly to buy such a large car - we wouldn't be able to afford to run it.

Being conscious of our own folly, we would not desire to rule our own destinies.

Folly delights a man who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding keeps a straight course.

Here's why: Trying to time the market is folly because for every buyer, there is a seller.

A piece of incredible folly on the part of the company precipitated an outbreak.

The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error.

You've broken up that gentleman a bit; now you want to tuck him away somewhere. The river, that great hider of folly, is what you want.

I would usually come down from these amphetamine highs with a sense of folly, exhausted and empty-handed.

She reasoned with me for an hour about the folly of my plans.

It would indeed be folly for large chunks of the world economy to embark on an immediate and draconian set of budget cuts.

And the next moment she was hating herself for the folly which asked the question.

Maxims about debt that might be prudent for families can be the height of folly for governments.

The museum now sits forlornly in an empty development, a symbol of architectural achievement as well as the folly of ambition.

There is no surer mark of folly, than an attempt to correct the natural infirmities of those we love.

and money. Some famous sayings Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.

Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him.

because with life a great many things come right, and the princess's folly was not so great that she need feel it so keenly.

Li Hongzhi and his conspirators thought that they were strong enough to realize their folly conspiracy.

That said, to maintain that experiences on early investments do not positively inform decisions made on later ones is simply folly.

A man is pertinacious when he defends his folly and trusts too greatly in his own wit.

The cost of intervention is warranted only to save the rest of the economy from the financiers' folly.

You know my folly, O God; my guilt is not hidden from you.

if upon your own account, it would be manifest folly, as well as ingratitude, to neglect it.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

That folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived.

To reduce public spending on wellbeing would be an act of the greatest folly.

I shall return home: it is folly dragging you from the hearthstone, and pretending--what do we pretend?

To explain how this could all possibly happens would be not wild (folles) but a folly (une folie).

Most of us are smart enough to realize the folly of such an approach.

Nobody knows who or what drove him on to commit that folly.

After Georgia's folly, not even the United States was proposing to take on Russian tanks as they rolled in.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

To reduce public spending on health would be an act of the greatest folly.

The entire book of Proverbs in the Old Testament is written to help believers draw the line between wisdom and folly.

In speculating, it would be folly to expect to be right every time.

A word in season might have saved Patersonfrom his own folly.

The Indian side is still impaled on (Jawaharlal) Nehru's folly of declaring India's boundaries fixed, final and non-negotiable.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly.

But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

The musicians looked at each other and smiled as if at their own nervousness and folly.

He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

All have not your powers, and it would be folly for the feeble to wish to march with the strong.

Plus the media focus and folly, two people's assets is not to be touted on the day?

(How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the StarkChoices Ahead).

Beloved fellow-worker, you recognize the folly of a laboring man attempting to do his day's work without eating.

To pursue austerity in the hope that monetary policy can reliably be used to undo any untoward effects, is, in short, sheer folly.

Jesus warned us about the folly of putting a patch of new material upon an old garment, or of putting new wine into old bottles.

Soli Sorabjee, a former attorney general, said the government had committed "a gigantic folly" by suppressing dissent.

Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.

But Robson's report, which was sent to Morgan Stanley's clients as a research note last Friday, suggested that such a move could be folly.

but depending on only external sources to guide you in making major decisions and ignoring messages from your soul would be folly.

The fact that people are full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable.

How securely one thinks one lives -- out of reach of temptation, sin, folly. And then suddenly -- Oh! Life is terrible.

Blindly following advice without understanding it is the heart of folly.

It was devotion-it was passion-it was all sorts of fondness and folly.

A world war will leave only smoldering ashes as mute testimony of a human race whose folly led inexorably to ultimate death.

The most promising acolyte left us, not out of the lesser folly of sentiment, but the greater folly of anger.

But the folly of embarking on such a big undertaking without strong business and public support became increasingly clear.

With China, though, the greater folly would be not being there at all.

Chellaney laments what he regards as India's folly in recognising Chinese sovereignty (as opposed to de facto control) over Tibet.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Chellaney laments what he regards as India's folly in recognising Chinese sovereignty (as opposed to de facto control) over Tibet.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

It is the nature of folly to see the faults of others and forget his own.

That there is a real cost to protecting overextended homeowners from the consequences of their own folly?

You have no idea, Harry, how I. . . how I curse the folly of my own pride.

The poetry of its invisible hand always pulled my heartstrings, allocate moving chords, make I delude one to folly.

There each told the story of both cities looking exactly alike; thus demonstrating the folly of those foolish folks called Men.

From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

I was bred a farmer, and it was folly in me to come to town, and put myself, at thirty years of age, an apprentice to learn a new trade.

Then came the 1980s, and the subject of money in American life-its dominance, its folly-became unavoidable.

Then came the 1980s, and the subject of money in American life-its dominance, its folly-became unavoidable.

Indeed, it is folly to ignore the long-term risks of already record peace-time debt accumulation.

It is not at all obvious why the state should try to protect such institutions from their own folly.

Abolishing Copyright Altogether Would Be Sheer Folly .

Men laugh at my folly in burying falling flowers.

At the end of his life Williams regretted the intemperance and folly of his youth.

Entrepreneurs may not have the experience to know the folly of taking burn rates to levels which make "figuring it out" impossible.

However unripe the present conditions seem, it would therefore be folly for Mr Obama to adopt Mr Bush's semi-detached approach to Palestine.

Its foreign and defence ministries displayed a bumbling incompetence that actively encouraged the Argentine folly.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Popular television shows are compounding this fizzy folly by brazenly embedding the product throughout their programs.

Humorous and entertaining, this book exposes the folly and hypocrisy of Wall Street.

To my mind, there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.

If so, the event would meet the classical definition of tragedy: hubris (arrogance), ate (folly); nemesis (destruction).

It is folly to believe that some distinctive behavior, values, or outlooks have not arisen as a consequence.

Nevertheless, Mr Museveni is an astute political operator and it would be folly to write him off.

One could give Brown some credit if he acknowledged his folly and took action to correct it.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

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

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

afire with annihilating invective; a devastating portrait of human folly; to compliments inflated I've a withering reply- W. S. Gilbert.

You bow to say hello, charming hair exudes a fragrant, let I delude one to folly.

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

If so, it would not be the first time that European folly has brought ruin on the world.

GAnger begins with folly , and ends in repentance . Pythagoras , Ancient Greek mathematician.

Rich in oil and conservative in outlook, its rulers have viewed Dubai's penchant for frolic and folly with distaste and occasional envy.

To show others that would call themselves 'paladins' the folly of their ways, I intend to send an unmistakable message.

We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.

They were kept from this ultimate folly by the steady, if irritated, attitude of President Eisenhower.

They were kept from this ultimate folly by the steady, if irritated, attitude of President Eisenhower.

Love is the folly of men and the wit of God. Adore each other.

All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia.

The whole Body quickly became debilitated , and hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, when too late, repented of their folly.

It is folly of India that we allow our leader of make foolish statement and these statement are now used by China to claim indian territory.

On the latter, nothing can surpass the folly of the "Buy America" provision in the draft US stimulus package.

But the one thing it would definitely do is indemnify tenders against the consequences of their own folly.

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

That it is folly is no reason that people won't do it, of course.

Unlike other outlaws, "Robin Hood Crazy, " the actor spoke in fluent English, and he s Folly and other more far cry from the hero.

Unlike other outlaws, "Robin Hood Crazy, " the actor spoke in fluent English, and he s Folly and other more far cry from the hero.

To flee from folly is the beginning of wisdom.

It could decide the episode only shows the folly of relying on finance and services to drive growth, as America and Britain have.

As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeated his folly.

He silently cursed his own folly wondering whether, at this stayed, he should go upstairs or stay well away.

Love, while it sometimes leads to folly, is nonetheless the best catalyst there is for defining ourselves and identifying our task.

Eg. It would be folly to quit your job before finding a new one.

Another high speed folly, that keeps getting drug up, is the technology of Maglev - magnetic levitation.

"To point to this as something that could in any way ameliorate greenhouse gas warming is folly, " said Mann.

But each has fallen back, each a victim of his or her own apparent folly.

But each has fallen back, each a victim of his or her own apparent folly.

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see.

Are teenagers, is the silly season, for love is full of Yili imagination, dreamlike, delude one to folly.

But at least they can bask in the knowledge that the global economy is the better for their folly.

You can move inexorably toward freedom from this folly by starting now if you have the courage to take responsibility for your own future.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king?

The first stage of folly is to think oneself wise.

Gulliver 's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking human folly.

Gershwin went to Folly Island off the coast of South Carolina to observe the customs of the local people and listen to their music.

Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

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

Foolish people are punished by the repentance which follows their folly.

Looking back, I laugh at the harebrained folly of my scheme.

The consequences of this folly are now evident in the eurozone.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly.

Simply listen, obey and trust God even when it seems highest folly so to do.

The whole venture seemed so impractical and foolish that onlookers called it "Drake's Folly" .

The folly of this trip angered me and made me silent.

The folly of this trip angered me and made me silent.

The ayatollahs also remember Mr. Hussein's 1991 folly of going to war with the US without nuclear weapons.

Even so, the evil, folly or carelessness of others are no excuse for China to behave irresponsibly.

Many European thinkers are acutely aware of the folly of many US policies.

he will be like a celestial spirit that has a halo around him, within whose circle no grief or folly ventures.

Hence folly requires much more cautious handling than malice.

Thus it was considered the height of folly to show off one's skill with an axe in front of Lu Ban.

And it needs to be that way: risk pursuance is pure folly unless it is accompanied by risk avoidance.

The contrast is between misdirected intelligence and folly.

and instead of genius there was shown a folly and baseness unexampled in history.

and instead of genius there was shown a folly and baseness unexampled in history.

As a dog that returneth to his vomit, [So is] a fool that repeateth his folly.

Without the recovery they were banking on, the fallout from such folly will become clear in 2011.

HERMIA. His folly, Helena, is no fault of mine.

Do you recognize the folly of a servant of God attempting to minister without eating of the heavenly manna?

It is in danger, however, of being seen as the height of folly.

Love is never merely an amiable tolerance of whatever form human frailty and folly may take.

He was so well acquainted with the turf, the gambling-table, the cockpit, and every worse rendezvous of folly and dissipation.

Yet many believe it shines an unflattering light on our tendency for folly and hubris, too.

On the one hand, some Conservatives call the single currency a folly of European grandeur, doomed from birth.

Now China may purchase U. S. and European assets when they face the results of their fiscal folly.

One ill is the bursting of the housing bubble, which is partly the consequence of the subprime folly of past years.

So when depression economics prevails, prudence is folly.

After all, it doesn't take a fraud to expose the folly of concentrating too many assets in one place.

Understanding is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

But Fowler's point is worth heeding: Beware the folly of the false scent.

When the equity market tumbled 40% and interest rates fell way below 6%, the folly of this advice was revealed.

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

Premature fiscal stabilisation that undermines it is yet another folly.

Only in the past few years has society begun to realize the folly.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. ----Thomas Decker.

It would be folly to do so.

And China is the principal beneficiary of such folly.

If thou wouldst live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

Anger begins in folly, and ends in repentance. ---Thomas Dekker.

Letting nature take its course in what is a decidedly unnatural situation is folly, the critics argue.

But when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame.

If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.

The simple are adorned with folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.

Folly may be hard to avoid in the larger sense.

Anger and Folly walk cheek-by-jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Week of Folly: Experience gained from battles halved.

He has bitterly repented of his folly.

To marry a man out of pity is folly.

Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly.

It is a great folly to try to persuade him.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

They should not expect Greeks to rescue them from their folly, after the fact.

Innocently, intoxication of love in this world is full of Folly!

Follow Graham and you will profit from folly rather than participate in it.

A good folly is worth whatever you pay for it.

Folly upon folly, since Fed identification might spark a run on that borrowing bank.

A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord .

live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.

Some may see this is a risk worth taking, but to overlook the policy role of Chinese banks is folly on the part of investors.

Strange that a man who has wit enough to write a satire shall have folly enough to publish it.

The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life.

Let us complete our course of law by folly and eating!

It touches every vice, folly, and mere weakness of mankind.

What enchants thee into such folly as to remain in a pit when thou mayst sit on a throne?

Her beauty deluded him into doing something folly.

You'll soon see the folly of using any time in this wasteful fashion, and will eventually eliminate your worry zone completely.

Her folly, though evident , was not disgusting because it was not conceited.

Cheating in the exam is false, hypocrisy behind is folly.

The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.

To know oneself is wisdom, to forget oneself is folly.

It is a folly to drink too much during the picnic.

translation from the french, "folly for two"

Folly is either related to, or identical with the family of Lies, for in both cases it needs many to support one.

But the folly will not be driven out.

He is repentant of his folly.

As to women, he had once already been drawn headlong by impetuous folly.

Folly arose with the world, and if there be any wisdom it is folly compared with the divine.

At the time, critics thought Seward was crazy and called the deal "Seward's folly. "

Events of the past 18 months must confirm the folly of this idea.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

lf thou wouldst live 10ng, live well; For Folly and Wickedness shorten Life.

If all the people around us are poor , we never mind that we are very poor, too. we will not ashamed because of our folly.

Zeal without knowledge is sister of folly.