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. 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 be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
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Carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen. Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), and because it can, when combined with vegetable fat and sugar, be made to approximate the color and consistency of chocolate. Of course, the same arguments can as persuasively be made in favor of dirt.
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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.
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In our systems work through simplicity, consistency, and repetition.
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The only completely consistent people are the dead.
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Without consistency there is no moral strength.
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I think for Chris to get within 0.6 of a second of pole is a great achievement, given what we have gone through this weekend so far. His position doesn't quite reflect what might have been as he had to deal with traffic on his fastest lap. Unfortunately, in race trim the gap between us and the faster runners - in terms of consistency - will be greater than it was in qualifying. This is down to a number of reasons that the team can't fix here at the track.
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My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
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The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.
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No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind.
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
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Part of courage is simple consistency.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.
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Consistency is the quality of a stagnant mind.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesman and philosophers and divines.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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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.
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If we can play like that every week we'll get some level of consistency.
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The secret of success is consistency of purpose.
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A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.
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Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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You accuse a woman of wavering affections, but don't blame her; she is just looking for a consistent man.
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Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect.
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Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.
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The values of the Walt Disney company: The four C s: Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, Consistency, and the greatest of these is Confidence.
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The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
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If I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.
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