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david wald wald-david at CS.YALE.EDU
Wed Jan 4 07:12:43 AEST 1989


What's a little more net volume?

In article <190 at becker.UUCP> bdb at becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) writes:
>In article <83297 at sun.uucp> swilson at sun.UUCP (Scott Wilson) writes:
>| 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."
>>            -- Emerson's Self-Reliance
>
>  "A foolish mind is the consistency of little hobgoblins."
>         -- Gulliver

(quotes reformatted)

"A consistent hobgoblin minds little fools."
    -- A foolish hobgoblin with a consistent little mind

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waldave at yalevm.bitnet                                 wald-david at cs.yale.edu
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