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Meanings of act foolishly in English

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Usage of act foolishly in English
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Is a certain act foolishly simple, and must we laugh at it?
Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller
2
They may get drunk and act foolishly from time to time.
Tell me, pretty maiden
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Then to act foolishly is the opposite of acting temperately?
Protagoras
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The Greeks suffer for what their princes act foolishly.
The Works of Horace
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I don't know that I did not act foolishly in sending post-haste for Harry Carradyne.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
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And once we have eradicated ignorance, we can truly, truly, not act foolishly in the future.
Radio NZ
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Suddenly she thought that she would act foolishly if she did not go where she pleased.
His Excellency the Minister
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And they who do not act rightly act foolishly, and in acting thus are not temperate?
Protagoras
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You yourself need fear nothing unless you act foolishly, in which case you have everything to fear.
The Green Rust
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The first is to criticise and condemn the intelligence agencies if they exceed their powers or act foolishly.
The Guardian
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On some level she understood that her temper was propelling her to act foolishly, but it didn't matter.
Fragile Eternity
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I trust, though, that this does not mean you intend to act foolishly in regard to the Parsons house.
Unleavened Bread
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Charlotte is a girl for whose sake a man might act foolishly, and still be pardoned-thenyou prefer Charlotte?
The Home in the Valley
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Nevertheless, I would not act foolishly, and I set myself to thinking how I could bring my desires to pass.
Roger Trewinion
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He may act foolishly.
The half-made world
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For a man who cannot be temperate cannot but act intemperately; and he who cannot be wise cannot but act foolishly.
Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
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