Sigmund Freud
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst
"Only a rebuke that 'has something in it' will sting, will have the power to stir our feelings, not the other sort, as we know."
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Rebuke
8 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Lewis Thomas
Physician, Author
"Cats - a standing rebuke to behavioural scientists . . . least human of all creatures."
William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet
"Oh why rebuke you him that loves you so? / Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe."
Henry David Thoreau
Writer, Philosopher
"Truth never turns to rebuke falsehood; her own straightforwardness is the severest correction."
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