A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
A great person does not have to think consistently from one day to the next. This remark comes from the essay “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson does not explain the difference between foolish and wise consistency.
Words Nearby A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- afocal
- Afognak
- à fond
- Afonso
- A fool and his money are soon parted
- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
- afoot
- afore
- foregone conclusion, a
- aforehand
- aforementioned
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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