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. Complete Rhetoric - Página 142por Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 páginas
...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 (imply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...it if some one has injured us ? 14. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
| 1841 - 640 páginas
...the hand of the harlot, and flee. " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines....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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 páginas
...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....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... | |
| 1851 - 650 páginas
...whether what he is saying now may not contradict what he said five minutes ago. Hence his advice : " With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 páginas
...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....well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 páginas
...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....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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 páginas
...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 his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lipsl Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...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....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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...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....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... | |
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