Their master, the king, was indulgent to their follies and sure to remit their fines . 他们的主子国王既然纵容他们的种种蠢行，一定也会豁免他们的罚金。
All have not your powers, and it would be folly for the feeble to wish to march with the strong . 并不是人人都有你的力量啊；弱者想去跟强者一起前进，那是愚蠢的。
He was wild enough and obstinate enough to commit any folly when a woman he loved was in the case . 他本来就不顾一切，执迷不悟，一个女人合了他的意，他什么傻事也干得出。
I thoroughly gauged his disposition from his behaviour, and saw at once it would be folly to attempt humouring him . 他的举动使我看透他的性格，立刻看出要迁就他，那才傻哩。
He silently cursed his own folly wondering whether, at this stage, he should go upstairs or stay well away . 他心里在暗暗咒骂自己愚蠢地徘徊，决定不了到底上楼去好，还是远远避开好。
He was so well acquainted with the turf, the gambling-table, the cockpit, and every worse rendezvous of folly and dissipation . 他一直在赛马场、赌桌、斗鸡场以及浪荡挥霍的场所厮混。
But when they cannot do so, yet wish to do so by any means, then there is folly and blame . 但是，如果他们的能力有所不及，却千方百计硬是要这样干的话，那么，这就是错误而且要受到非难。
Now the people sneer at me-the very hills and sky seem to laugh at me till i blush shamefully for my folly . 现在，人们在讥笑我，山川和天空也似乎在嘲笑我，直到我为自己的愚蠢而羞愧得满面通红。
She had read of great painters whose parents had opposed their wish to study, the event had shown with what folly . 她在书本上看到过伟大画家的父母反对他们学习绘画的愿望，结果证明了这些父母的目光多么短浅。
This, however, formed a part of the bitter cup which she was doomed to drink, to atone for crimes and follies to which she had no accession . 可是，这是她命中注定要喝的一杯苦酒，从而清偿与她毫不相关的罪过和愚蠢。
