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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Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place. – Moli

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

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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