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

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If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. – Lord Melbourne

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

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

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