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Consistency: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Of right and wrong he taught Truths as refin'd as ever Athens heard; And (strange to tell) he practis'd what he preach'd.— JOHN ARMSTRONG — Art of Preserving Health. Bk. IV. L. 302.

Tush! tush! my lassie, such thoughts resigne, Comparisons are cruele : Fine pictures suit in frames as fine, Consistencie's a jewell. For thee and me coarse cloathes are best, Rude folks in homelye raiment drest, Wife Joan and goodman Robin. Jolly Robyn-Roughhead. Author unknown. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.— EMERSON — Essays. Self-Reliance.

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. * * * 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 you said to-day.— EMERSON — Essays. Self-Reliance.