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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on consistency    Share


"Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead."

Huxley, Aldous on consistency
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"What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut."

Twain, Mark on consistency
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"Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not."

Vizinczey, Stephen on consistency    Share

"The only completely consistent people are the dead."

Huxley, Aldous on consistency    Share

"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

Wilde, Oscar on consistency
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"Inconsistency is the only thing in which men are consistent."

Smith, Horatio on consistency    Share

"The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not."

Huxley, Aldous on education
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