 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
 | 1900 - 436 páginas
...was the day before. With Emerson, I will "speak what I 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 I said to-day." I cannot afford to be consistent with my former self, nor with... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 324 páginas
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. . . . With consistency a great soul has nothing whatever to do. . . . Speak what you think now in hard words,...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.' The peculiarity seems to have annoyed his friends with a turn... | |
 | Brainard Gardner Smith - 1898 - 216 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... | |
 | Frederic May Holland - 1899 - 280 páginas
...the truth." " Why should I give up my thought, because I cannot answer an objection to it ? " . . " With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing...what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." . . . " I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity... | |
 | 1899 - 136 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. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 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 tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.— ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.'—Is it... | |
 | 1899 - 826 páginas
...subject; but I refrain from going further. "Speak what you think now in hard woids," says Emerson, " and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day." I have no apology to make for my choice of subject. I do not... | |
 | 1899 - 194 páginas
...was the day before. With Emerson, I will "speak what I 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 I said to-day." I cannot afford to be consistent with my former self, nor with... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 604 páginas
...a great souV has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you have said to-day. . . . Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,... | |
 | Barrett Wendell - 1900 - 598 páginas
...a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow...what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you have said to-day. . . . Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus,... | |
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