 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. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall.  Essays, Lectures and Orations - 第 30 頁Ralph Waldo Emerson 著 - 1848 - 364 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard i» cannon-balls, and to morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. Ah, then, exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood.... | |
 | 1841 - 640 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls, and to morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 324 頁
...^nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every... | |
 | 1851 - 650 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips ! Sew them up with packthread, do ! Else, if you would...though it contradict everything you said to-day." He cares not for being " misunderstood ;" his consolation is, that to be "misunderstood" is a mark... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 頁
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. —'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 610 頁
...hampered by their own utterances more than by other men's — " If you would be man'' says Emerson, " speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls,...though it contradict everything you said to-day." These headstrong sages, full of noble caprice, of lofty humors, often pour forth in their wild profusion... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 頁
...nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Out upon your guarded lips! Sew them up with packthread, do. Else, if you would...man, speak what you think to-day in words as hard as camion balls, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every... | |
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