English
Medieval schoolboy being birched
Proverb
spare the rod and spoil the child
- If one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.
Translations
if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn obedience
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- Hungarian:
- Italian: chi ama bene, castiga bene
- Japanese: 可愛い子には旅をさせよ (ja) (kawaii ko ni wa tabi o sase yo)
- Latin: qui bene amat, bene castigat
- Portuguese: quem ama, castiga
- Russian: пожале́ешь ро́згу — испо́ртишь ребёнка (požaléješʹ rózgu — ispórtišʹ rebjónka)
- Spanish: escatima el palo y malcría al hijo
- Swedish: den man älskar, agar man, aga din son medan han är liten, annars agar han dig när han blir stor
- Thai: (please verify)พ่อแม่รังแกฉัน
- Turkish: insan sevdiğine takılırmış
- Vietnamese:
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