Sentence examples for foolish illusion from inspiring English sources
He was in fact christened by his Jewish parents – "under the foolish illusion that they would be protecting … me from a lot of harassment".
This hopefulness about stock prices, Denby believes, "is not some foolish illusion, it's central to the American temperament and to the longtime success of the stock market, which does, as we know, rise over time".
Only the most foolish are under the illusion that they can defeat Israel militarily.
The time has arrived for each of us to set aside our foolish and petty grievances and allow our false illusions to fall apart so that something new can emerge and grow.
Nina Simone's version differs considerably in tone from Dylan's: while Dylan's version is sympathetic, if sneering, towards the foolish subject, Simone's version is an intense, first-person account of illusions being crushed, until she is finally helpless in the hands of fate.
In his lyrics there is nothing more honorable or more glamorous than foolish consistency, and his songs are full of defiant characters struggling to hold on to their illusions.
In just one foolish -- there's the foolish part -- remark, one hears self-revelation, self-mockery, infinitely sad reflection, regret, painfully real reprimand and glimmers of illusion shattered, like glass.
Foolish is as foolish does.
