Spoil

Famous quotes containing the word spoil:

“Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider, and should be wise in season and not fetter himself with duties which will embitter his days and spoil him for his proper work.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“To spoil a child is to kill it.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Spare the rod and spoil the child.”
—Bible: Hebrew.