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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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the read more
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age.
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
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.
