Feel not obliged to make good use of every ripe fruit on…

Botanically speaking, tomatoes are the fruit of a vine, just as are cucumbers, squashes, beans and peas.

— Horace Gray

Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new…

— Bible

Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine.

— Christopher Paolini

But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new…

— Bible

True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.

— John Milton

She was considered timid and morose. Only in the country, her skin tanned by the sun and her belly full of ripe fruit, running…

— Isabel Allende

It is sparkling light, aromatic plants, a lofty palace, a flowing river, ripe fruit, a beautiful wife and abundant clothing, in an eternal abode…

— Muhammad

To use bitter words, when kind words are at hand, Is like picking unripe fruit when the ripe fruit is there.

— Thiruvalluvar

Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe.

— William Shakespeare

Educational reforms are like ripe fruit. They rarely travel well.

— Andy Hargreaves

There are moments when a rope's end, a pole, the branch of the tree, is life itself, and it is a frightful thing to…

— Victor Hugo

“On the third day, she smelled the fruit as soon as she came in. She followed the scent to the kitchen, and the peach…

— Allegra Goodman

“Gently guide the tender vine else it become wild, tangled and impossible.”

— Kathryn Hall

“We betroth ourselves by proxy, and then feel obliged to marry the intermediary.”

— Marcel Proust