Quote by Samuel Johnson
Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable

Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things. – Samuel Johnson

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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

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

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

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. – Oliver Goldsmith

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