Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

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Harsh reproof is like a violent storm, soon washed down the channel; but friendly admonitions, like a small shower, pierce deep, and bring forth better reformation.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 553

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It is better to be well deserving without praise than to live by the air of undeserved commendation.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 104

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There are no riches like the sweetness of content, nor poverty comparable to the want of patience.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 135

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Bootless grief hurts a man's self, but patience makes a jest of an injury.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 207

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Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.

Robert Chamberlain · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 324