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 his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now... Poems and Prose - Page 191de John Christie - 1892 - 219 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day. "Ah, then," exclaim the aged ladies, "you shall be sure to be misunderstood." Misunderstood ! It is a right... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misundersi.CK>37... | |
| 1851 - 650 pages
...packthread, do ! Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannonballs, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day." He cares not for being " misunderstood ;" his consolation is, that to be "misunderstood" is a mark... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. —'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...though it contradict everything you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ! It is a right... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 pages
...If you would be man'' says Emerson, " speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...though it contradict everything you said to-day." These headstrong sages, full of noble caprice, of lofty humors, often pour forth in their wild profusion... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...packthread, do. Else, if you would be a man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as camion balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak...tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad,... | |
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