Scolding Quotes - Page 2

• Drinking with women is as unnatural as scolding with 'em.

  William Wycherley

  Drinking, Ems, Unnatural

  William Wycherley (2014). “The Country Wife”, p.59, A&C Black

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• Like the Sweetness of Gardenias Mother, you died 15 years ago. pain, a rapier, cut until, finally, there was just peace like the sweetness of gardenias in the crystal vase on your yellow kitchen table. so fragrant. your voice lingers in my ear reminding, scolding, guiding a pleasant mantra of tenderness, magic words that move my palms, your palms. together we are molding, helping, creating. in the mirror I see your eyes, your beautiful brown circles looking back, so radiant. "don't forget me," you whispered the day you died. I won't.

  Wallace Stevens

  Beautiful, Mother, Peace

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• Mother, when your children are irritable, do not make them more so by scolding and fault-finding, but correct their irritability by good nature and mirthfulness. Irritability comes from errors in food, bad air, too little sleep, a necessity for change of scene and surroundings; from confinement in close rooms, and lack of sunshine.

  Herbert Spencer

  Mother, Children, Sleep

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• Most mothers kiss and scold together.

  Pearl S. Buck

  Mothers Day, Mom, Motherhood

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The scolding voice is her own, so abrasive and quick, yet so powerless to move her.

  Carol Shields

  Moving, Voice, Powerless

  Carol Shields (2008). “The Stone Diaries: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.8, Penguin

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• Because I'm stern and scolding [the characters] sometimes, I'm sure I'll get a ton of grief.

  Clark Gregg

  Grief, Character, Sometimes

  Source: collider.com

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• The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

  Samuel Butler

  Dog, Humorous, Animal

  Notebooks (1912) ch. 14

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