“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines”
“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.”
“Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.”
Oscar Wilde
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment”
Horace
“Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Alcohol is perfectly consistent in its effects upon man. Drunkenness is merely an exaggeration. A foolish man drunk becomes maudlin; a bloody man, vicious; a coarse man, vulgar.”
Willa Sibert Cather