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You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
You are harping on the same string.
[Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]
A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course read more
A trend is a trend is a trend. But the question is, will it bend? Will it alter its course through some unforeseen force and come to a premature end?
At all times it is better to have a method.
At all times it is better to have a method.
With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. . . .
Speak what you think to-day in read more
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.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long read more
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:
He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;
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Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man:
He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;
But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;
He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--
So John P.
Robinson, he
Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii read more
No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be
inconstancy.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam mutationem consilii inconstantiam dixit
esse.]
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life read more
Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.