Folly is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
According to tradition, a lumberman made a "folly" when he overestimated the amount of timber in the area, hence the name.
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Folly is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Folly is an unincorporated community in Northumberland County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
According to tradition, a lumberman made a "folly" when he overestimated the amount of timber in the area, hence the name.
“FOLLY, n. That "gift and faculty divine" whose creative and controlling energy inspires Man's mind, guides his actions and adorns his life.”
“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”
“Well, thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.”
“Fool beckons fool, and dunce awakens dunce.”
“An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.”
“Qui se croit sage, ô ciel! est un grand fou.”
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