Pip's sister's husband, Joe Gargery, in Great Expectations, is "a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easygoing, foolish, dear fellow – a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness".
"Sometimes the cowardly and foolish could be those dearest to you so be prepared to turn away from them.
Firms bidding below, say, 8.5 rupees must assume that technology will improve (likely), equipment prices will keep falling (perhaps, but some manufacturers are losing money), or that they can make their sums work by borrowing cheap dollars rather than dear rupees (a foolish risk).Second, if prices do not fall steeply, there may be little appetite for solar power.
And finally, before the curtain falls, repentance: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind, Forgive our Foolish Ways.
Throughout his life he spoke unflinchingly for principles he held dear, and against policy that he saw as foolish or near-sighted.
You see, my dear friend, you believed in "humankind", and, had you been as foolish as your "maitre" Rolland, you'd still be a Bolshevik now.
My own sense is that Wilpon and Katz may have been foolish and arrogant in dealing with Madoff but that they never would have put the next generations, plus dear friends like Sandy Koufax, in a scheme they knew to be crooked.
I've been trying to say what does count.... Love, __________ To Philip Roth January 7 , 1984Chicago Dear Philip: I thought to do some good by giving an interview to People, which was exceedingly foolish of me.
I've been trying to say what does count.... Love, ______ To Philip Roth January 7 , 1984Chicago Dear Philip: I thought to do some good by giving an interview to People, which was exceedingly foolish of me.
