 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.  Essays, Lectures and Orations - Page 30by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1877 - 180 pages
...may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, in hard words : and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah ! BO you shall be sure to be misunderstood ! Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 618 pages
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips. Sew them up with packthread — do. Else, if you would...cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in words as hard again — though it contradict everything you said to-day. ' Ah, then,' exclaim the aged... | |
 | James De Mille - 1878 - 584 pages
...himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips. Sew them up with packthread — dp. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think...cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in words as hard again — though it contradict everything you said to-day. ' Ah, then,' exclaim the aged... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 pages
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' RW Emerson, Self-Reliance. 1. 28. March 24, 1743. This date is quite erroneous. It should be April... | |
 | Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 340 pages
...may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now, in hard words ; and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day. 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood ! ' Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1865 - 324 pages
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...though it contradict everything you said to-day." — Essays, p. 47. The man must not be a slave to a single form of thought : " How wearisome the grammarian,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what 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 into license.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words `h so you shall be sure to be misunderstood?" — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras... | |
 | Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - 394 pages
...minds. With 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...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. Why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 pages
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day.' Guard your individuality with jealous care. Reject authority without running into license. Be not the... | |
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