#folly — Public Fediverse posts
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Deze maand vindt de achtste editie van Folly Art Norg (FAN 2026) plaats. Opnieuw zijn er twintig #folly’s te zien langs een speciale route in het Drentse dorp, plus een ‘bonusfolly’ gemaakt door een jong ontwerptalent.
Mooie fotoreportage op Architectenweb:
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4⭐️️️️️️️️️️️️ Bancroft's Castle & Groton Fire Tower, MA
https://www.trailspotting.com/2026/08/bancrofts-castle-and-groton-fire-tower.html
The remains of a mayor's folly and a fire tower atop Gibbet Hill provide a scenic double feature, on this short trail.#Massachusetts #Hiking #Trail #Outdoors #Abandoned #Folly #Scenery #Blog #Walking #Travel
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Virtue begins by shunning vice; wisdom
By shunning folly.
[Virtus est vitium fugere et sapientia prima
stultitia caruisse.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 1 “To Maecenas,” l. 41ff (1.1.41-42) (20 BC) [tr. Ferry (2001)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14188/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avoidance #folly #foolishness #immorality #negative #sin #stupidity #vice #virtue #wisdom
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Thare are two kinds of men that fear makes phools ov, them who are afrade of nothing, and them who are afrade of everything.
[There are two kinds of men that fear makes fools of, them who are afraid of nothing, and them who are afraid of everything.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1877-09 (1877 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/85313/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #fear #fearlessness #folly #foolishness
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A quotation from Richard Steele
Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.
Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
Essay (1713-04-08), The Guardian No. 24More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/27436…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #admiration #commendation #compliment #flattery #folly #praise #praiseworthiness #sycophancy
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The recklessness of their ways destroyed them all.
[Αὐτῶν γὰρ σφετέρῃσιν ἀτασθαλίῃσιν ὄλοντο.]Homer (fl. 7th-8th C. BC) Greek author
The Odyssey [Ὀδύσσεια], Book 1, l. 7ff (1.7) (c. 700 BC) [tr. Fagles (1996)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/homer/46491/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #homer #odyssey #consequence #death #destruction #divinejudgment #folly #incaution #punishment #recklessness
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The Simply Folly Of Trying To See One Bird You Already Saw Before
A "Big Year" in birding terminology is trying to observe tons of different species of birds in a calendar year. It's a personal challenge some birders do and I decided to attempt a Big Y
#Birding #OddInterestingAwesome #PhotoOfTheDay #bird #birding #California #EgyptianGoose #folly #geese #PhotoOfTheDay #travel #USA
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Talk not much with a fool, and go not to him that hath no understanding: beware of him, lest thou have trouble, and thou shalt never be defiled with his fooleries: depart from him, and thou shalt find rest, and never be disquieted with madness.
[μετὰ ἄφρονος μὴ πληθύνῃς λόγον
καὶ πρὸς ἀσύνετον μὴ πορεύου·
φύλαξαι ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ κόπον ἔχῃς
καὶ οὐ μὴ μολυνθῇς ἐν τῷ ἐντιναγμῷ αὐτοῦ·
ἔκκλινον ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ εὑρήσεις ἀνάπαυσιν
καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀκηδιάσῃς ἐν τῇ ἀπονοίᾳ αὐτοῦ.]The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 22:13 (Sir 22:13) [tr. KJV (1611)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/85065/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #sirach #ecclesiasticus #apocrypha #avoidance #dolt #folly #fool #idiocy #idiot #stupidity
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Most Fools think they are only ignorant.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard Improved (1748 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/11…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklion #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #badjudgment #dolt #folly #fool #goodjudgment #idiocy #ignorance #irrationality #judgment
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The fireworks in WASHINGTON D.C. looked ridiculous this weekend, but while we were watching the sky, the American empire suffered its most catastrophic self-inflicted humiliation in modern history
#Iran #hubris #folly #GOPLiesAboutEverything #IsraelFirst #CorporateMedia
youtube.com/watch?v=s4fM...
IRAN FUNERAL SHOCK: How HUMILI... -
MESSENGER: I have not now first learn’d that all
Th’ affairs of mortal men are a mere shadow:
Nor would I fear to say that those, who most
Boast of their wisdom and their deep research,
The widest in the paths of folly stray.
No mortal man is happy: if the tide
Of wealth flows in upon him, one may be
More fortunate than others, happy never.
[ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ: τὰ θνητὰ δ᾽ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ἡγοῦμαι σκιάν,
οὐδ᾽ ἂν τρέσας εἴποιμι τοὺς σοφοὺς βροτῶν
δοκοῦντας εἶναι καὶ μεριμνητὰς λόγων
τούτους μεγίστην μωρίαν ὀφλισκάνειν.
θνητῶν γὰρ οὐδείς ἐστιν εὐδαίμων ἀνήρ:
ὄλβου δ᾽ ἐπιρρυέντος εὐτυχέστερος
ἄλλου γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἄλλος, εὐδαίμων δ᾽ ἂν οὔ.]Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1224ff (431 BC) [tr. Potter (1814)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/84868/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #meaningoflife #folly #fortune #happiness #humancondition #life #living #luck #pessimism #philosophers #prosperity #shadow #unhappiness #wealth #wisdom
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FOOL: Good madonna, why mourn’st thou?
OLIVIA: Good Fool, for my brother’s death.
FOOL: I think his soul is in hell, madonna.
OLIVIA: I know his soul is in heaven, Fool.
FOOL: The more fool, madonna, to mourn for your brother’s soul, being in heaven. Take away the fool, gentlemen.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Twelfth Night, Act 1, sc. 5, l. 64ff (1.5 64-70) (1601)More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #williamshakespeare #twelfthnight #afterlife #death #grief #heaven #hell #mourning #paradise #fool #folly
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#folly : lack of good sense
- French: folie
- German: die Verrücktheit
- Italian: pazzia
- Portuguese: loucura
- Spanish: locura
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Best garden folly idea ever: the triangular Thunder House of Munstead Wood was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to give a good view of thunderstorms in the valley and hills surrounding the River Wey.
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Of lingering and gain-seeking make an end;
Think, while there’s time, how soon Death’s pyre may blaze;
And some brief folly mix with prudent ways:
At the fit hour ’tis sweet to unbend.
[Verum pone moras et studium lucri
nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium
misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:
dulce est desipere in loco.]Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Odes [Carmina], Book 4, # 12, l. 25ff (4.12.25-28) (13 BC) [tr. Marshall (1908)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/73650/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #business #carpediem #celebration #death #enjoyment #folly #foolishness #holiday #mortality #party #revelry #seizetheday #silliness #vacation #work #workaholic
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Some people are thought to be wise because they don’t talk much; others are disliked because they talk too much. Some people keep quiet because they don’t have anything to say; others keep quiet because they know the right time to speak. A wise person will not speak until the right moment, but a bragging fool doesn’t know when that time is.
[ἔστιν σιωπῶν εὑρισκόμενος σοφός,
καὶ ἔστιν μισητὸς ἀπὸ πολλῆς λαλιᾶς.
ἔστιν σιωπῶν, οὐ γὰρ ἔχει ἀπόκρισιν,
καὶ ἔστιν σιωπῶν εἰδὼς καιρόν.
ἄνθρωπος σοφὸς σιγήσει ἕως καιροῦ,
ὁ δὲ λαπιστὴς καὶ ἄφρων ὑπερβήσεται καιρόν.]The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22b. Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20: 5ff (Sir 20:5–7) [tr. GNT (1992 ed.)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/84525/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #apocrypha #sirach #ecclesiasticus #arrogance #babbling #bequiet #chattering #dolt #ego #folly #fool #holdyourtongue #keepquiet #laconic #quiet #silence #talking #wisdom #wise
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A quotation from Josh Billings
I dont kno which iz the biggest phool, the man who kan spend two hours bragging about himself, or the one who kan sit pashuntly and listen to him.
[I don’t know which is the biggest fool, the man who can spend two hours bragging about himself, or the one who can sit patiently and listen to him.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1876-04 (1876 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/84043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #braggadocio #braggart #bragging #enabling #folly #fool #listening #patience
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HTA Design completes Queen Elizabeth II memorial garden for Regent’s Park https://www.allforgardening.com/1798510/hta-design-completes-queen-elizabeth-ii-memorial-garden-for-regents-park/ #folly #garden #HTADesign #RegentsPark #Tate+Co
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🌿🪨The "Druid’s Temple " in North Yorkshire. A photogenic 19th-century folly built to mimic an ancient monument.
It was a construction project to provide work for locals after the Napoleonic Wars.
However, the site is linked to many a spooky tale. Shifting shadows and eerie noises in the night, alleged occult practices and dark folklore legends.
https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/other/druids-temple-yorkshire-england/
#Yorkshire #History #Folly #DarkTourism #Story #Photography #Folklore
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Ratcheugh Observatory, an 18th century folly owned by the Duke of Northumberland and consisting of, on the left, a raised square observatory with 360% views of Northumberland and the North Sea, and a small flat on the right, which is rented out. IIMHO the best flat in the county if you forget who owns it! The crag it sits on has a some poor rock climbs on it. #Photography #Landscape #Northumberland #Folly
