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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy read more
At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he knows he can't.
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess which will itself need reforming.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
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.
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
Every reform needs examples more than advocates
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
