Sentence examples for it seems folly from inspiring English sources

It seems folly to cling to a treaty that, in the words of one official, "is stopping us having a good relationship with Russia .American officials dislike being asked if they plan to "violate" or "tear up" the treaty.

But since as many as 30percentto40percentcent of the graduates at schools like CUNY go into small or solo practices within a few years of graduating, the deans argue, it seems folly not to teach them how to stay afloat financially and take on low-income clients at the same time.

After years of oppression, it seemed folly to judge blacks by the same measures as whites.

Dreaming of the playoffs seems folly now, but Ryan's inflated perception of his team has raised inflated expectations — expectations that the Jets have yet to meet.

It may seem folly to seek a silver lining among these thunderclouds.

Only next weekend will prove the relevance of that point which, at the very least, it would seem folly to ignore.

As the elected officials take their seats in the 16th Lok Sabha (parliament), it seems like folly to consider alternatives.

Without a Jets playoff appearance, bringing Testaverde back, at 38, would seem folly.

This efflorescence, so soon after a splintered vote had destroyed the Socialist premier Lionel Jospin and given the racist Jean-Marie Le Pen a new credibility, seemed folly.

It seems then almost folly to suggest, as does Thomas Berry in the quotation above, that our collective ills somehow stem from a flawed or incomplete "story".

The system is not to blame, it seems, nor is human folly.