 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.  Essays, Lectures and Orations - Pàgina 30per Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 364 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1900 - 436 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...consistency a great soul has nothing whatever to do. . . . Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...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.... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 546 pàgines
...concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon his guarded lips ! Sew them up with pack-thread. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day, in words as hard as cannon-bails, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks, in hard words again, though it contradict... | |
 | William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - 1905 - 754 pàgines
...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 said to-day. Insist upon yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative... | |
 | 1898 - 976 pàgines
...first cost of vine and postage. Mention date yoa wish Tine delivered. AMERICAN GARDENING,^?." New York. "If you would be a man speak what you think to-day In words as hard ав cannon balls, and to-morrow what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though It contradicts everything... | |
 | Mary Fisher - 1899 - 408 pàgines
...Whitman. Certainly no man ever feared inconsistency less. He follows to the letter his own advice : " Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...though it contradict everything you said to-day." At one time he tells us that the poet can articulate the world, that he is in possession of all the... | |
 | 1899 - 826 pàgines
...subject; but I refrain from going further. "Speak what you think now in hard woids," says Emerson, " and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." I have no apology to make for my choice of subject. I do not expect all to agree with me. Discussion... | |
 | 1899 - 136 pàgines
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words...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... | |
 | Frederic May Holland - 1899 - 280 pàgines
...With consistency, a great soul has simply nothing to do." ..." Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." . . . " I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be... | |
 | 1899 - 194 pàgines
...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... | |
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