هل قال Ralph Waldo Emerson حقًا «A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds»؟
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هل قال Ralph Waldo Emerson حقًا «A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds»؟
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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 the shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything you said to-day.--"Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood."--Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras[186] was misunderstood, and Socrates, …
Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Ralph Waldo Emerson, ¶196 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16643 · المصدر
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