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If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ev

If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne

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The amelioration of the world cannot be achieved by sacrifices in moments of crisis; it depends on the efforts made and constantly repeated during the humdrum, uninspiring periods, which separate one crisis from another, and of which normal lives mainly consist. – Aldous Huxley

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Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve! – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. – Proverb

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