This quote is commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
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“We must be our own [friend] before we can be another’s.”
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— Thomas Jefferson Primary source“I loved you when I saw you today and I loved you always but I never saw you before.”
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