Consistency

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Consistency

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Self-Reliance Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as it is for the body. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

Aldous Huxley

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Consistency Variety Nature

Author

Aldous Huxley

Source

Wordsworth in the Tropics Do What You Will

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Huxley, Aldous. "Wordsworth in the Tropics." Do What You Will. Chatto & Windus, 1929.

Constancy in love is a good thing, but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

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Consistency Diligence Love

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John Jarndyce

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Bleak House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, June 1852, issue 4, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 13.