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By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to

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

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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

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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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Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm. – Proverb

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