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Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; read more
Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over read more
Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.
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.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
A reformer is a man who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
My desolation does begin to make
A better life.
My desolation does begin to make
A better life.
