 | Brand Whitlock - 1902 - 502 sider
...he did not wish the town to know that he smoked cigarettes, "you know what Emerson says: 'A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.' " "Yes, I remember," the wife replied. "We used to read Emerson, didn't we?" Her words breathed regret.... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1902 - 442 sider
...Several good reasons I am much too tired to discuss. Don't forget your Emerson, who says ' a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen,' and remember, also, ' a wise man sometimes changes his mind, a fool never.' The bill will not be reported... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 460 sider
...of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color.1 Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand...*With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to doj He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 506 sider
...regarding that opinion or belief can be nothing short of insanity. Emerson also says that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall." There is one sublime idea, however, of which Jefferson is the greatest exponent,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 504 sider
...regarding that opinion or belief can be nothing short of insanity. Emerson also says that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with the shadow on the wall." There is one sublime idea, however, of which Jefferson is the greatest exponent,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 466 sider
...of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color.* Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand...and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of lit* tie minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul... | |
 | 1903 - 668 sider
...Emerson's are sure to know him by his PENNSYL VANIA SCHOOL JOURNAL. [FEU, declaration that ' ' a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." ( The confusion is only apparent. The man who said he had a horse who was sixteen feet high, when he... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 sider
...its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Self -Reliance. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ibid. To be great is to be misunderstood. ibid. Discontent is the want of self-reliance : it is infirmity... | |
 | Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1904 - 474 sider
...stated in this or that public place? Suppose you should contradict yourself: what then? ... A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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 speak what tomorrow thinks... | |
 | John Horne - 1904 - 172 sider
...and final death and disappearance." — Carlyle. is Consistency "A foolish consistency is a Virtue? the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen...consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to - morrow speak what to - morrow thinks in hard words... | |
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. 
