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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Self-Reliance · 1841

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“With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Self-Reliance, 1841 · Primary source

“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”

William Blake · The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1790 · Primary source

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