1 The shortest follies are best, my dear Caderousse.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. 2 If one's lot is cast among fools, it is necessary to study folly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 78. We hear From Yanina. 3 Franz, to provoke him, and to fight with him; all that would be folly.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 73. The Promise. 4 This battle of folly and flame continued for two hours; the Corso was light as day; the features of the spectators on the third and fourth stories were visible.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome. 5 Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber. 6 Nevertheless, it is necessary that my will should be respected in my family, and that the folly of an old man and the caprice of a child should not be allowed to overturn a project which I have entertained for so many years.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 60. The Telegraph. 7 The boy triumphed, and this victory rendered him so audacious, that all the money of Assunta, whose affection for him seemed to increase as he became more unworthy of it, was spent in caprices she knew not how to contend against, and follies she had not the courage to prevent.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 44. The Vendetta. 8 Albert, however, hoped to indemnify himself for all these slights and indifferences during the Carnival, knowing full well that among the different states and kingdoms in which this festivity is celebrated, Rome is the spot where even the wisest and gravest throw off the usual rigidity of their lives, and deign to mingle in the follies of this time of liberty and relaxation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContextHighlight In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.