A foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, as Emerson said, but serious inconsistency is the downfall of many theories.
A foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, as Emerson said, but serious inconsistency is the downfall of many theories.
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one’s mind.
It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible harmony.
Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever.
