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. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now... The Cornhill Magazine - Página 318editado por - 1906Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict I everything you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood 1' —... | |
| New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives - 1870 - 746 páginas
...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, in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." He thought that those words might be written in large letters... | |
| Mary T. Tardy - 1872 - 616 páginas
...heights are won. Emerson, indeed, tells ns that " a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." This is strong — perhaps too unqualified ; but even inconsistency... | |
| Henry Williamson (of Dundee) - 1872 - 334 páginas
...run counter to the creeds of their forefathers. Emerson, in his essay on Self -Reliance, says :—" Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. " All who make the above their motto will peruse with pleasure... | |
| Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 páginas
...way to actual facts as they have arisen. u A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." " Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks." On the llth of August, 1867, President Johnson determined to remove Mr. Stanton from the office of... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood 1 ' — Is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. — " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood ? " — Is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is... | |
| Andrew Jackson Davis - 1877 - 180 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, in hard words : and to-morrow...to-morrow thinks, in hard -words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah ! BO you shall be sure to be misunderstood ! Is it so bad,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 páginas
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a 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 you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'... | |
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