Follies
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And there are a million reasons to fall in love with this language: its depth of poetics, its double entendres, its wax and gold, its humor, its proverbs that illuminate the wisdom and
follies
of life.
Lovingly, we can imagine fathers and guardians with their now adult children remembering stories of Rome's glory and re-telling the good deeds and sayings of the great men of the past: lessons on how to live well, and to overcome the
follies
of youth.
The story follows a conventional three-act structure: getting to know the sizable cast in their sorry single lives, the actual dating circuit, and a final stretch of romantic fallout, showcasing some of the new-found couples
' follies.
Most of them feature a two male competition for one woman, cynical insight into the minds of its characters and a rather strongly ironic sense of humor, taking apart the characters
' follies
and vices equally.
All three times, the country’s leaders displayed a willingness to blame others for its homegrown follies, alienate all of its potential allies and sympathizers, and waste its human and economic resources.
Let us hope that Americans learn their lesson about the dangers and
follies
of imperial hubris sooner.
The priority for now is to save the emerging markets from the consequences of Wall Street’s financial
follies.
Fiscal
Follies
in America and BeyondThose of us who know that long-run fiscal imbalances are likely to end in disaster – high inflation, deep recession, financial crisis, or all three – scratch our heads in bemusement at the priorities of George W. Bush and his administration.
Sandbu argues that this would not only insulate public finance from the
follies
of banks; it would also lead to an equilibrium that mimics fiscal risk-sharing between countries that are net borrowers and countries that are net lenders.
Ten years later, the message remains the same: If you obey your government, your
follies
(no business in Russia is free of kickbacks and bribes) will be forgiven.
But Americans just don’t like to talk about it, even when they are whining about the
follies
of the “elite.”
A seismic shift is at hand, and America’s recent fiscal
follies
may well be the tipping point.
Edward Gibbon once described history as being little better than a record of the “crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
Then the madness of the Cultural Revolution, when millions suffered terribly, many died, and many more behaved disgracefully as Mao sought to destroy those who had rescued China from his earlier
follies.
And yet, how many public figures of McNamara’s importance have ever expressed any regret for their mistakes and
follies
and crimes?
The unspoken allegation against current monetary policy is that, in rescuing the financial sector from its
follies
(paid for by the real sector), it has enabled policymakers to defer financial-sector reforms that would close regulatory and supervisory gaps and eliminate incentives to game the system.
But, while such
follies
exist, the reality is far more interesting – and its impact far more significant.
Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, who berates the Fed for not opening the monetary sluice far wider, showed the
follies
of the crude Keynesian approach nearly a decade ago.
Meanwhile, Europe’s fiscal
follies
have been even more egregious than America’s.
It is doubtful that such a light mode of global governance would make a difference when it comes to Trump’s trade
follies.
SARAJEVO – Ever since the double disasters of 2016 – the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum and US President Donald Trump’s election – there has been widespread anxiety about a “global wave” of populism, and hand-wringing over the
follies
of so-called direct democracy.
Governments also have frequently intervened to rescue large, tottering private firms from the consequences of their own
follies
or unexpected shocks, with the 2008 bailout of the banking system being the most recent example.
There was a reprimand; he was accused of occupying himself with politics; an allusion was made to his lodger and the provident fund; finally he was advised not to compromise himself with these follies, he, who was one of the best workmen in the mine.
This marriage ought to affect you more than the
follies
of your men.
But Paris only completed their separation, that Paris which she had desired since her first doll, and where she washed away her provincialism in a week, becoming a woman of fashion at once, and throwing herself into all the luxurious
follies
of the period.
"Reflect before committing any follies," he repeated, disturbed at their silence.
The image of Chaval haunted her, she talked of him confusedly, she described the dog's life she led with him, the only day when he had been kind to her at Jean-Bart, the other days of
follies
and blows, when he would kill her with caresses after having covered her with kicks.
They need by turns to dream and to act, the purest passions and the most turbulent joys, and thus they fling themselves into all sorts of fantasies, of follies."
Once rid of this fear, Julien fell into all the
follies
of love, into its mortal uncertainties.
Are you tired of my follies, of my remorse, impious one?
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