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A eulogy is a speech that is given at a funeral or memorial service to pay tribute to a deceased person. In The Praise of Folly, Folly is giving a eulogy to herself.
Eulogy Quotes in The Praise of Folly
The The Praise of Folly quotes below are all either spoken by Eulogy or refer to Eulogy. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Praise of Folly
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However mortal folk may commonly speak of me (for I am not ignorant how ill the name of Folly sounds, even to the greatest fools), I am she – the only she, I may say–whose divine influence makes gods and men rejoice.
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