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Latin
Etymology
Literally, “he who loves well, castigates well”.
This form of the phrase is likely a calque from French qui aime bien châtie bien. Similar phrases are found in Latin texts:[1]
c. 325 CE,
Lactantius,
Divinae institutiones 5.23:
- Bonos autem quos diligit castigat saepius
- The good people whom he likes, he punishes more often
Early 16th century, Vives,
De Subventione pauperum 1.6:
- Quem diligit, castigat
- Whom he likes, he punishes
Pronunciation
Proverb
quī bene amat, bene castīgat
- spare the rod and spoil the child
Usage notes
- This proverb, which has been used especially as a recurrent theme in education, can have the following two distinct interpretations:
- he who loves will not hesitate to chastise, in the interest of the one being loved
- only he who loves will be able to exercise the punishment in a sensible way.
References
- ^ Francois Jacquesson (2015) “Typology”, in Federica Da Milano, Konstanze Jungbluth, editor, Manual of Deixis in Romance Languages, →ISBN, page 523