SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD

Specialty Definition: SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD

Domain	Definition
Literature	Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child Solomon (Prov. xiii. 24) says: "He that spareth the rod hateth his son;" but Samuel Butler, in his Hudibras (pt. ii. canto 1, line 843), says: "Love is a boy, by poets styled, Then spare the rod, and spoil the child." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Author	Quotation
Samuel Butler	Then spare the rod and spoil the child.
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Language		Translations for "SPARE THE ROD AND SPOIL THE CHILD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		fiát nem szereti, aki a vesszőt kíméli. (various references)

Pig Latin		arespay ethay odray anday oilspay ethay ildchay
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