"All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves."
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"It seems as if the day was not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object."
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"Peevishness may be considered the canker of life, that destroys its vigor and checks its improvement; that creeps on with hourly depredations, and taints and vitiates what it cannot consume."
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"Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life."
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"We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending Improvement."
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"See things the way they are not worse than they are"
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"Character is the colossal hope of human improvement within and without."
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"All work undertaken should be useful - not just for a day, or a year, but useful in the sense that it affords permanent improvement in living conditions or that it creates future new wealth for the Nation."
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"Society flourishes when and only when its molecular unit, the family, flourishes. We know that lasting improvement comes only in the small increments produced by individuals adhering to the simple rules of life."
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"Water is a pioneer which the settler follows, taking advantage of its improvements."
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"I admire [Samuel] Beckett, but I am totally against him. He seeks no improvement."
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"Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement."
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"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."
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