History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon (1737 – 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament.
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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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- Experience, n. The wisdom that enables us to recog...
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- Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of th...
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- Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since so...
- To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to ha...
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- Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lig...
- It is folly to punish your neighbor by fire when y...
- If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and...
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- Every man has his follies - and often they are the...
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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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