Tom Lane wrote:
> [ wanders away trying to remember that quote about "foolish consistency" ]
>
http://www.bartleby.com/59/3/foolishconsi.html
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"
A great person does not have to think consistently from one day to the
next. This remark comes from the essay “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo
Emerson. Emerson does not explain the difference between foolish and
wise consistency.
Joe