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 - Стр. 30авторы: Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - Страниц: 364Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Diane Ravitch - 2000 - Страниц: 662
...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 tomorrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict everything... | |
| Wanda H. Ball, Pam Brewer - 2000 - Страниц: 182
...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 today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again though it contradicts everything... | |
| Richard S. Gilbert - 2000 - Страниц: 118
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...again, though it contradict everything you said today. —"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson Test of a Healthy Religion 20 minutes The following evaluation... | |
| David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - Страниц: 604
...Eliot, 1866, Felix Holt, Ch. 30 40:13 Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words...again, though it contradict everything you said today. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841, 'Self-reliance', in Essays 40:14 [Elliott Carver] Words are the new weapons.... | |
| 2000 - Страниц: 326
...He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. — "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood." — Is it so bad then... | |
| Cyrus R. K. Patell - 2001 - Страниц: 268
...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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2001 - Страниц: 34
...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 to-morrow 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, to... | |
| David Wittenberg - 2002 - Страниц: 300
...the thousand-eyed present, and live ever in a new day. . .. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. (E, 265) But above all—and this provides the crux of the entire metaphorical... | |
| Frank Mehring - 2001 - Страниц: 194
...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 to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradicts every thing you said today. 118 Blakes paradigmatische Formel, daß ohne Gegensätzlichkeiten... | |
| Joy Hakim - 2003 - Страниц: 356
...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 to-morrow 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,... | |
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