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

Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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