Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. – Proverb
Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments. – Proverb
Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb
Private reproof is the best grave for private faults. – Proverb
By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof. – Proverb
People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, — that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it. – John Jay Chapman
A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. – Lydia Maria Child
Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much. – Eugene Delacroix
People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. – Norman Douglas
Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. – Oliver Goldsmith
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. – Alexander Herzen
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. – Edward W. Howe
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
Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things. – Samuel Johnson
Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve! – Thomas Babington Macaulay
If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. – Moli
