 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...  Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle - Página 27de Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God in shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and ffee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1869 - 444 páginas
...consistency," can not be doubted. On this point, a free-minded, independent writer once remarked : " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 páginas
...of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand...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... | |
 | 1927 - 594 páginas
...occasions those forbidden words are the only good ones." And he added that the famous sentence ("A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...by little statesmen and philosophers and divines") in his essay on "Self-Reliance" "would be better written thus: Damn consistency!" Only the other day... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 páginas
...of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee." l Certainly we are inclined to j«dge in the most favorable light possible one who thus insists on... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 páginas
...of the soul come, yield to them In-art and life, though they should clothe God with shape and color. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee." i Certainly we are inclined to judge in the most favorable light possible one who thus insists on right... | |
 | Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 418 páginas
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...for saying, " A fool- tcncy rec, . , , . , ,, . , „ , Inconsisish consistency is the hobgoblin oi little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." l When Spinoza's landlady came to him, asking him to teach her his... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 páginas
...spending years of time or chests ol' money— but In spending them off the line of your career. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Tno same correspondence that is between thirst in the stoujacu, and... | |
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