 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. Speak what you think now...  Routine and Ideals: By Le Baron Russell Briggs - Página 84de Le Baron Russell Briggs - 1904 - 232 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...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...though it contradict everything you said to-day. "Ah, then," exclaim the aged ladies, "you shall be sure to be misunderstood." Misunderstood ! It is a right... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 páginas
...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 words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misundersi.CK>37... | |
 | 1851 - 650 páginas
...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...though it contradict everything you said to-day." He cares not for being " misunderstood ;" his consolation is, that to be "misunderstood" is a mark... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 páginas
...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...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. —'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 páginas
...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...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 páginas
...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 tomorrow thinks in hard words...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 páginas
...If you would be man'' says Emerson, " speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...though it contradict everything you said to-day." These headstrong sages, full of noble caprice, of lofty humors, often pour forth in their wild profusion... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...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 words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...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 words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 páginas
...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...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad,... | |
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