 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 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,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 470 pages
...reproduce here the version of the first edition with a ruder vigor, more adapted to delivery in the Lyceum. "With consistency a great soul has simply nothing...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 what... | |
 | 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... | |
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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. 
