Style wars

Scott Wilson swilson%thetone at Sun.COM
Fri Dec 30 04:57:15 AEST 1988


In article <18621 at agate.BERKELEY.EDU> bks at ALFA.berkeley.edu (Brad Sherman) writes:
>      "Hobgoblins have the consistency of small minds."

I believe the quote you're looking for is:

	"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

Attributed to Emerson's Self-Reliance and recently featured in Reebok
commercials.  (No, I didn't know where it came from, Bartlett's Book of
Quotes comes in handy.)


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