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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,

β€” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson attacks rigid consistency, not the ordinary value of keeping promises or reasoning carefully.

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Source: Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson , Self-Reliance

Edition: Edna H. L. Turpin selection

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From Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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