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

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. – Edward W. Howe

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

A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat. – Lydia Maria Child

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