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Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
Tell him to be a fool ever so often
and to have no shame over having been a fool
yet learning something out of every folly
hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies
- Is it a shame to be a fool at times?
- What does one learn from every folly?
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Solution
- No, everyone does commit funny mistakes in life. One might just laugh at them.
- Every folly teaches a person his limitations and vulnerabilities. By making conscious efforts to avoid them in the future, one will become stronger and wiser.
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