Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings. <br />I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my <br />little child. <br />How should you know how dear he can be when you try to weigh <br />his merits against his faults? <br />When I must punish him he becomes all the more a part of my <br />being. <br />When I cause his tears to come my heart weeps with him. <br />I alone have a right to blame and punish, for he only may <br />chastise who loves.<br /><br />Sir Rabindranath Tagore<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-judge-2/
