People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- tha

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

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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

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

People who have reformed themselves has contributed their full share towards the reformation of their neighbor. – Norman Douglas

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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