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John Locke: Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious…

Kind words prevent a good deal of that perverseness which rough and imperious usage often produces in generous minds.

In today’s wordsKind words head off the stubbornness that harsh, bossy treatment often creates in good-hearted people.

John LockeCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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