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

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

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