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

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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

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

Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb

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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