Folly n. a popular name for any costly structure considered to have shown folly in the builder.
Oxford English Dictionary
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A little hobby of mine; which gives me a strange feeling of satisfaction; mainly upon discovery. Displaced from their original context I would imagine they seem obscure. Much of the revelevance of the quote and the significance of the use of the word folly is lost. Yet still I persist; and this blog provides me with a means of storage and arrangement.
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- Folly is an endless maze, tangled roots perplex h...
- Few follies are as absolutely useless as their str...
- It is folly to linger in this manner. I will not t...
- Folly history bristles (as it should) with thorny ...
- Some of us take for granted are usually monuments ...
- There are many 'borderline' follies, for the simpl...
- Not every foolishly - conceived building is a foll...
- Almost anyone, almost anywhere is liable at any ti...
- Let nobody please bother to ask 'What is it for?' ...
- Of Folly buildings“What was chosen for what site i...
- In making the attempt to define the undefineable, ...
- “Influence is a sufficiently difficult word to use...
- “With good luck, the builder might be a man of gre...
- Follies were built with the directness and complex...
- “They are cut off from worldly contacts and loose ...
- Folly n. a popular name for any costly structure c...
- Folly n. silliness or weakness of mind: a foolish ...
- Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen includes a d...
- Mrs Selwyn was frequently away on her travels for...
- A little hobby of mine; which gives me a strange f...
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Little links
- A 20th Century folly - by a retired art teacher
- A French folly
- Follies and Monuments
- Follies in German
- odd-stuff.com
- Subterranea Britannica - society devoted the the study and investigation of man-made and man-used underground places.
- The Folly Fellowship
- Folly Fellowship quoted
- The Mausolea & Monuments Trust
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