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follies

Noun

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of Folly

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. Josh Billings

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies. Josh Billings

Happy is he who knows his follies in his youth. Danish Proverb

Learn wisdom by the follies of others. Romanian Proverb

The shortest follies are the best. American Proverb

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