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Quote by Samuel Butler
Then spare the rod and spoil the child. - Samuel Butler

Then spare the rod and spoil the child. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

Let us eat and drink neither forgetting death unduly nor remembering it. The Lord hath mercy on whom he will have mercy, etc., and the less we think about it the better. – Samuel Butler

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Death
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth. – Samuel Butler

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Truth
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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler

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Writing
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Samuel Butler
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Other Quotes from
Punishment
category

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven. – Henry Fielding

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Punishment

If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong. – African Proverb

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Punishment

When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. – Italian Proverb

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Punishment

Prisons dont rehabilitate, they dont punish, they dont protect, so what the hell do they do? – Jerry Brown

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Punishment

Random Quotes

In seed-time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. – William Blake

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Winter

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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Change

The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. Its a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly. – Zoe Lister-Jones

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relationship

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931

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Happiness