I think Donald Robert Perry said it more succinctly:
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think they'll hate you.”
Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult;
whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.
Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
Proverbs 9:7-9
You all know the rules: