Only a mediocre man is always at his best
Eschew obfuscation.
I've changed my mind a dozen times. It seems to work better now
Opinions are made to be changed --or how is truth to be got at? George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't SAY things. What you ARE stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lord make my words soft today, for tomorrow I may have to eat them. Dave Haigler
One cannot live without inconsistency. -- C. G. Jung
A foolish consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, as Emerson said, but seriou inconsistency is the downfall of many theories. -- Tibor R. Machan
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
George Jean Nathan (1882-1958)
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.-- Thomas Otway (1652-1685)
Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.
Daniel Webster. 1782-1852. Speech, July 25 and 27, 1846. From Webster's Works. Boston. 1857. Vol. v. p. 187.
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