Help Me, Lord!

“The Lord helps those that help themselves.” Surely if a saying has the Lord’s name in it, then it must be from the Bible. Wrong. Various versions of this statement go all the way back to Greek civilization. Euripedes penned the line in the Greek tragedy, Hippolytus.

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Spare and Spoil

“Spare the rod, spoil the child.” This used to be a more common phrase in previous decades when it wasn’t frowned upon for parents to spank their children. When I was growing up, it was okay for neighbors, extended family, and teachers to spank children who misbehaved.

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