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The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.
The oyster-women lock'd their fish up,
And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. read more
Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their
reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform.
Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or
nothing in the world's estimation.
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform read more
The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.
A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.
A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.
The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive,
with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars read more
The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive,
with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with
cranks--especially with cranks. . . . Sweating, slums, the sense
of semi-slavery in labour, must go. We must cultivate a sense of
manhood by treating men as men.
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect is already in the cause.
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be read more
One of the greatest delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to be cured by legislation.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
