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Are you consistent? Is consistency an admirable human trait to you? Why do you think so?

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." "Self-Reliance" 1841. Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights whether he comes by them consistently or not."  Stephen Vizinczey

"Consistency is the last virtue of the unimaginative"    Oscar Wilde

"The test of first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function"        F. Scott Fitzgerald

"If a person never contradicts himself it must be that he says nothing"   Miguel de Unamuno

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago"   Bernard Berenson

 "Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. T he essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent"   Larry Wall

Posted - June 12, 2017
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  • 11015
    I value consistency more than hypocrisy. 
      June 12, 2017 9:01 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    i try to be
      June 12, 2017 9:32 AM MDT
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  • 318
    I was taught to be consistent up to a point. Consistent in that I pay my bills on time, follow a budget, and am not a burden on others. But at the same time inconsistent.  Don`t go out the same night every week, will try other things (food etc.) I am logical in nature, but I have an artistic side which shows up at times.
    Everyone should be consistent up to a point. But they should not be afraid to be inconsistent and take chances at times.
      June 12, 2017 10:15 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Very nicely thought out and very well-stated analysis Maurice. I exactly agree with every word. The only thing that doesn't apply to me sadly is that I'm not "artistic". My mom and sister got all of that although my son did tell me that I'm an artist in the kitchen. But it's not nearly the same thing. Thank you for your reply and Happy Monday m'dear! :)
      June 12, 2017 11:31 AM MDT
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