Reproof Quotes
These are some of the best 'Reproof' quotations and sayings.
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Aversion from reproof is not wise. It is a mark of a little mind. A great man can afford to lose; a little, insignificant fellow is afraid of being snuffed out.
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Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.
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Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.
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Chide him for faults, and do it reverently when you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.
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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
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He who, when called upon to speak a disagreeable truth, tells it boldly and has done, is both bolder and milder than he who nibbles in a low voice and never ceases nibbling.
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I will chide no heathen in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.
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Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word; the sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
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No reproach is like that we clothe in a smile, and present with a bow.
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Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.
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Reprove not, in their wrath, excited men; good counsel comes all out of season then; but when their fury is appeased and past, they will perceive their faults, and mend at last. When he is cool and calm, then utter it.
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Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.
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Some persons take reproof good-humoredly enough, unless you are so unlucky as to hit a sore place. Then they wince and writhe, and start up and knock you down for your impertinence, or wish you good morning.
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Whenever anything is spoken against you that is not true, do not pass by or despise it because it is false; but forthwith examine yourself, and consider what you have said or done that may administer a just occasion of reproof.
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