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.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays: First Series
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“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored…”
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Work
- Essays: First Series
- Year
- 1841
- Length
- 27 words
- Source
- Project Gutenberg eBook #2944
Public domain. This passage is in the public domain. Ralph Waldo Emerson died in 1882, more than 70 years ago, and the work was first published in 1841. You can copy, print, read aloud or sell it without asking permission; a credit is kind but not required. The text is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg edition linked here.
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