 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.  Complete Rhetoric - Էջ 142Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has (imply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 էջ
...it if some one has injured us ? 14. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
 | 1841 - 640 էջ
...the hand of the harlot, and flee. " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
 | 1851 - 650 էջ
...whether what he is saying now may not contradict what he said five minutes ago. Hence his advice : " With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...packthread, do ! Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannonballs, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 էջ
...in the.hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lipsl Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 էջ
...in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as camion balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard... | |
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