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... Ralph Waldo Emerson: Philosopher and Poet - Seite 172von Alfred Hudson Guernsey - 1881 - 327 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1895 - 334 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1896 - 234 Seiten
...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...to-morrow 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... | |
| 1896 - 1224 Seiten
...soul has simply nothing to do. • • * Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, w r r wym"n p7wWt p p v wsw 0Fr j. EMERSON' — Essays. Self-Reliance. Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man : He's been on all sides that... | |
| 1897 - 920 Seiten
...loth to disappoint them. . . . Suppose you should contradict yourselves— what then ? . . . A feolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored...in hard words; and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thiuks, in hard words again, though it contradicts everything you said to day. " Ah, so you shall be... | |
| 1900 - 436 Seiten
...was the day before. With Emerson, I will "speak what I 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 everything I said to-day." I cannot afford to be consistent with my former self, nor with the ideals of a lesser... | |
| Leslie Stephen - 1902 - 324 Seiten
...the hobgoblin of little minds. . . . With consistency a great soul has nothing whatever to do. . . . Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow...though it contradict everything you said to-day.' The peculiarity seems to have annoyed his friends with a turn for logic Argument was for him an absurdity.... | |
| Brainard Gardner Smith - 1898 - 216 Seiten
...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... | |
| William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1905 - 754 Seiten
...Emerson With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with hig shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and1 to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you... | |
| 1899 - 136 Seiten
...Life only avails, not the having lived. The soul becomes. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 Seiten
...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...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... | |
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