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15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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"Foolishness," said Cherry, and put it in his pocket.
The Book of All-Power Edgar Wallace 1903
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"Foolishness" is an important part of being challenged as we grow our faith.
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"Foolishness" can remind us that some things are not as important or permanent as they seem.
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"Foolishness" is an important part of being challenged as we grow our faith.
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"Foolishness" can remind us that some things are not as important or permanent as they seem.
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Financial Foolishness Special Offer: Free Trial Issue of Forbes Another experiment is state bans on payday loans -- the practice of charging an upfront fee for cashing postdated checks.
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While homeopathy is now taught in universities eager to serve popular demand, the most notable predecessor to Gardner's Fads And Fallacies was Higher Foolishness, written in 1927 by the first president of Stanford University.
How Martin Gardner warned us to beware the bee people from Mars 2010
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Bob Herbert's latest New York Times column, "Our Epic Foolishness," could (and perhaps should) serve as the introduction to a book about how America got into the various messes we're in -- from the ongoing ecological disaster in the Gulf, to the unrepentant and un-remedied recklessness of Wall Street, and beyond.
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Bob Herbert's latest New York Times column, "Our Epic Foolishness," could (and perhaps should) serve as the introduction to a book about how America got into the various messes we're in -- from the ongoing ecological disaster in the Gulf, to the unrepentant and un-remedied recklessness of Wall Street, and beyond.
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