The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (512 page)
Read The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs Online
Authors: John Andrew Simpson,
BOOK: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
6.41Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
SPARE the rod and spoil the child
And
introduces a consequence. With allusion to
Proverbs
xiii. 24(AV) He that spareth his rod, hateth his son.
c
1000
Homilies
(1843) II. 324
Se the sparath his gyrde [stick], he hatath his cild.
1377
Piers Plowman
B. v. 41
Salamon seide ..
Qui parcit virge
,
odit filium
. The Englich of this latyn is .. Who-so spareth the sprynge [switch], spilleth [ruins] his children.
1560
Nice Wanton
A1
V
He that spareth the rod, the chyld doth hate.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
161
Spare the rod and spoyle the child.
1876
Manchester Man
II. vii.
‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ had not been abolished from the educational code fifty-five years back.
1907
Father & Son
ii.
This action [caning] was justified, as everything he did was justified, by reference to Scripture—‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
1985
Death in Blue Folders
xix.
‘I'm afraid my sister wasn't much on discipline,’ said Miss Elsner. ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
1997
Washington Times
29 Dec. A2
The spare-the-rod, spoil-the-child debate has been stoked by the recent arrests of two Michigan mothers for slapping their wayward daughters.
children
;
discipline
introduces a consequence. With allusion to
Proverbs
xiii. 24(AV) He that spareth his rod, hateth his son.
c1000
Homilies
(1843) II. 324
Se the sparath his gyrde [stick], he hatath his cild.
1377
Piers Plowman
B. v. 41
Salamon seide ..
Qui parcit virge
,
odit filium
. The Englich of this latyn is .. Who-so spareth the sprynge [switch], spilleth [ruins] his children.
1560
Nice Wanton
A1
V
He that spareth the rod, the chyld doth hate.
1639
Parœmiologia Anglo-Latina
161
Spare the rod and spoyle the child.
1876
Manchester Man
II. vii.
‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ had not been abolished from the educational code fifty-five years back.
1907
Father & Son
ii.
This action [caning] was justified, as everything he did was justified, by reference to Scripture—‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
1985
Death in Blue Folders
xix.
‘I'm afraid my sister wasn't much on discipline,’ said Miss Elsner. ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child.’
1997
Washington Times
29 Dec. A2
The spare-the-rod, spoil-the-child debate has been stoked by the recent arrests of two Michigan mothers for slapping their wayward daughters.
children;
discipline
SPARE well and have to spend
1541tr.
H. Bullinger's Christian State of Matrimony
xix.
Spare as though thou neuer shuldest dye and yet as mortall spend mesurably. To spare that thou mayest haue to spend in honestye for goodes sake.
1635
Way to Well-doing
25
A good sparer makes a good spender.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
297
Spare when you're young, and spend when you're old… He that saveth his Dinner will have the more for his Supper.
1832
Scottish Proverbs
16
Spare weel and hae weel.
1977
Five-Minute Marriage
x.
I've given them a polish and they've come up real tip-top! Spare well and have to spend, I allus say.
thriftNever SPEAK ill of the dead
Cf. Gr.
o
ó
µ
o
oóµoOther books
A Lamb for the Bear's Appetite by Unknown
Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin Book 5) by Jordan L. Hawk
Death and the Cyprian Society by Pamela Christie
The Trouble With Bodyguards: Part 1 by Kristina Blake
Killertrust by Hopkins, Sharon Woods
The Realm's Mystics [Mystic Women of The Realm Series Book 3] by Robbie Collins
Blurred Lines (Watching Her) by Metal, Scarlett
Bloodeye by Craig Saunders
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
A Little Bit Wicked by Robyn Dehart