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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
The Rod, which is the only Instrument of Government that Tutors generally know, or ever think of, is the most unfit of any to be us'd in Education. — John Locke · 1693Classical antiquity1 quote
The man who has never been flogged has never been taught. — Menander · 291 BCProtestant Reformation1 quote
What can only be taught by the rod and with blows will not lead to much good; they will not remain pious any longer than the rod is behind them. — Martin Luther · 1529