hobgoblin
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In response, Black quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson to me: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I’m fine with that; a foolish adherence to canon is the hobgoblin of small minds.
From The Verge ● Aug. 23, 2022
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” Emerson wrote, and in this respect at least, Thiel’s intellect lives up to its billing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Ralph Waldo Emerson is often misquoted as having said “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2021
Now that she’s their captive, the hobgoblin king has taken over the Goldengrove and turned it into the Dimwood.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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