Thursday, October 30, 2014

The wisdom of Oscar Wilde (part 4)

“Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.”

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

As usual, Mr. Wilde spits out a penetrating insight and a devastating critique….

….but this one isn’t wholly satisfying to me.

Consistency has many virtues, not least of which is steadfastness in the presence of  adversity.

I think the sentiment that friend Oscar meant to isolate is:

Obstinacy is the first refuge of the acrimonious.

Or something like what this guy said:

“Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)


Too bad some folks don’t seem to have the “can’t we all just get along?” gene….







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