A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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.

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  c 1000 AELFRIC Homilies (1843) II. 324 Se the sparath his gyrde [stick], he hatath his cild. 1377 LANGLAND 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 J. CLARKE Paramiologia Anglo-Latina 161 Spare the rod and spoyle the child. 1876 I. BANKS Manchester Man II. vii. ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ had not been abolished from the educational code fifty-five years back. 1907 E. GOSSE 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’. 2002 Oldie Aug. 64 It was good to hear.. how the Lord Chamberlain, the wonderfully named Sir Norman Bodkin, changed ‘Spare the rod and spoil the child’ to ‘Spare the cane and spoil the child.’ “children; discipline
  

SPARE well and have to spend

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  1541 M. COVERDALE tr. 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 J. GORE Way to Welldoing 25 A good sparer makes a good spender. 1721 J. KELLY 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 A. HENDERSON Scottish Proverbs 16 Spare weel and hae weel.
  

1977 J. AIKEN 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. "thrift