 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...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 it so bad,... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1877 - 180 pages
...did his coat in the house of the harlot, and flee. "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen, and philosophers,...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, then, to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...the narrowest mind and the feeblest understanding. ' A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1879 - 304 pages
...Joseph his coat 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 lias simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...Joseph his coat 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 little or nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...truth, which is many-sided ? Dwell ever in a new day: 'A foolish consistency Is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything YOU suid to-day/ Guard your individuality with jealous care. Reject authority without running... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...his present conviction, careless of consistency : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soiil has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobpoblin of little minds, adored by little states nen everything you said to-day. — "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood?" — Is it so bad, then,... | |
 | Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - 394 pages
...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do. 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. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 364 pages
...the felicity of his incomparable temper. — Gibbon. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips. Sew them up with pack-thread — -do. Else, if you would be a man. speak... | |
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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. 
