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hobgoblin QUOTES

hobgoblin QUOTES

1 " The hobgoblin of a little mind may be the genius of a great one. "

2 " We've decided to wake a miss for you because you are nice. We want a booby as roomful as ours." Everybody had seen the Hobgoblin laugh, but nobody believed he could smile. He was so happy that you could see it all over him -- from his hat to his boots! Without a word he waved his cloak over the grass -- and behold! Once more the garden was filled with a pink light and there on the grass before them lay a twin to the King's Ruby -- the Queen's Ruby. "

3 " It's poor judgment', said Grandpa 'to call anything by a name. We don't know what a hobgoblin or a vampire or a troll is. Could be lots of things. You can't heave them into categories with labels and say they'll act one way or another. That'd be silly. They're people. People who do things. Yes, that's the way to put it. People who *do* things. "

― Ray Bradbury , The October Country

4 " 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. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. "

― Ralph Waldo Emerson , Self-Reliance

5 " How happy he must be, this Hobgoblin," exclaimed Sniff." He isn't a bit," replied Snufkin, " and he won't be until he finds the King's Ruby. It's almost as big as the black panther's head, and to look into it is like looking at leaping flames. The Hobgoblin has looked for the King's Ruby on all the planets including Neptune -- but he hasn't found it. Just now he has gone off to the moon to search in the craters, but he hasn't much hope of success, because in his heart of hearts the Hobgoblin believes that the King's Ruby lies in the sun, where he can never go because it is too hot. "

6 " Now you can all have a wish -- the Moomin family first!" Moominmamma hesitated a bit. " Should it be something you can see?" she asked, " or an idea? If you know what I mean, Mr. Hobgoblin?" " Oh, yes!" said the Hobgoblin. " Things are easier of course, but it will work with an idea too." " Then I want to wish that Moomintroll will stop missing Snufkin," said Moominmamma." Oh, dear!" said Moomintroll going pink, " I didn't know it was so obvious!" But the Hobgoblin waved his cloak once, and immediately the sadness flew out of Moomintroll's heart. His longing just became an expectancy, and that felt much better. "

7 " 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. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again though it contradict everything you said today. "

8 " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. "