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Looking back from our century we can see the whole folly of her hope.
He had to put an end to her folly, once and for all.
Who will let no war begin over one man's folly.
But in his heart he knew such hope was folly.
He would have to tell the whole history of his folly.
Not one of the three gave way to such folly.
If so, one can hope he died for his folly.
Sure, it may be folly to think we can do something.
Still, it would be folly not to take some sort of stand.
It would be folly to leave them alone in the lead.
President Bush did not go down that road of folly.
Why do you think it has not yet gone beyond folly?
Such action is folly I had not expected of you.
But that is the least of your folly, young man.
But it would have been folly to ask for this.
But in his mouth the words did not sound like folly.
"But to think that you were nearly killed because of my folly!"
She has all the fire and none of the folly.
It would be folly though, for anyone to fire a shot.
This was the price she must pay for an hour of folly.
My folly had been in thinking that truth would never change.
Perhaps for them to remain near the river was folly.
To say that their eyes met would indeed be folly.
Some critics, however, have called the whole project a folly.
One can always judge the distance to the next folly.