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   Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations.  1989.
 
 
NUMBER:1194
AUTHOR:Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82)
QUOTATION:A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
ATTRIBUTION:RALPH WALDO EMERSON, “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series (vol. 2 of The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson), p. 57 (1903).
SUBJECTS:Mind
WORKS:Ralph Waldo Emerson Collection
 
 
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