Ah well.) Following the advice of the very wise Erasmus (who used this article’s title before me in 1509), time devoted to so frivolous subject as folly should be limited. So I end this ...

I went to look for “Main’s Folly” the other day. It’s at the back of the church property, down the old road to the back and left at the Chinaberry grove where I used to preach every Easter. Go past ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. For our session on Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, I was somehow possessed to supplement ...

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Erasmus wrote in The Praise of Folly (1509): “The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.” ...