A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds

Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” Emerson wrote, and in this respect at least, Thiel’s intellect lives up to its billing.

From Los Angeles Times

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”

From Washington Post

Still, one of the best things on TV, because a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

From The New Yorker

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, Ralph Waldo Emerson once said.

From Seattle Times

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.

From Washington Post