#admonish

Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#friends #openly #praise #privately #them

Mr Cobb would acquaint him, that when he was his age, his father thought no more of giving him a parental kick, or a box on the ears, or a cuff on the head, or some little admonition of that sort, than he did of any other ordinary duty of life; and he would further remark, with looks of great significance, that but for this judicious bringing up, he might have never been the man he was at that present speaking; which was probable enough, as he was, beyond all question, the dullest dog of the party. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#parenting #upbringing #age

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#call #common #common good #example #exhort

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

#alone #also #anticipate #avoids #businessman