A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. - Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essays: First Series Quotes)

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Source:(James Munroe and Co, ed. 1841), Essay II. Self-Reliance, Page 47
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