hobgoblin quotes

   A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.With consistencya great soul has simply nothing to do.

-Emerson, RalphWaldo
Essays: First Series,'Self-Reliance'.

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