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To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.
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 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.
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
The race could save one-half its wasted labor Would each reform himself and spare his neighbor.
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.
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
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.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.
A conservative is someone who believes in reform. But not now.