A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Select Essays and Poems - Página 20por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 120 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 páginas
...51 — 52. Hence a man must be true to his present conviction, careless of consistency : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With cousistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 páginas
...51 — 52. Hence a man must be true to his present conviction, careless of consistency : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 páginas
...consistency," can not be doubted. On this point, a free-minded, independent writer once remarked : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, iu hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 páginas
...shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again,... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 páginas
...forget: — " A foolish consistency was the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, philosophers, and divines. " With consistency a great...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. " Speak what you think now, in words hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks,... | |
| 1927 - 594 páginas
...occasions those forbidden words are the only good ones." And he added that the famous sentence ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines") in his essay on "Self-Reliance" "would be better written thus: Damn consistency!" Only the other day... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 418 páginas
...we certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- tcncy rec• i " . ,1111- • ommeuded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 páginas
...certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- teucy rce•T • • iii IT ,-i .-t ommcnded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 páginas
...certainly esteem him the more for saying, " A fool- tency rec., . . ,.-, 11- . ,• i . ommeuded. ish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." * When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
| Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 páginas
...for saying, " A fool- tcncy rec, . , , . , ,, . , „ , Inconsisish consistency is the hobgoblin oi little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his doctrine, he advised her to be content... | |
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