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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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- Book
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- 2026-07-04
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.”
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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