Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“We should never give pain without a design to amend.”
- Date
- 1787
Meaning of “We should never give pain without a design…”
Correction should aim at improvement rather than humiliation; causing pain without a constructive purpose turns discipline into unnecessary cruelty.
Where does it come from?
Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787), “EXTERIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS,” printed page 29, Project Gutenberg #67466. Wollstonecraft says pain should not be given without a design to amend while criticizing ridicule, affectation and correction that humiliates rather than improves; this is historical conduct guidance.
