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Quotation from The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini
“My dear little boy, I am not striking you for any wrong that you have done, but only to make you remember that that lizard which you see in the fire is a salamander”
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book I, Chapter IV, trans. John Addington Symonds
The father boxes his small son's ears, then kisses him, so that he will remember the creature they have seen in the flames.
Citation: "My dear little boy, I am not striking you for any wrong that you have done, but only to make you remember that that lizard which you see in the fire is a salamander" — Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Book I, Chapter IV, trans. John Addington Symonds. (id autobiography-of-benvenuto-cellini-q3)
Portrait: Cellini, Benvenuto ÖNB, Giovanni Carlone (engraving), Public domain.
