Fruit Quotes

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and… — Johann Arndt
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit. — Teresa of Avila
Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? — Honore de Balzac
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. — Jacques Barzun
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and… — Saint Basil
Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock. — Francis Beaumont
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. — Joseph Addison
I'm a very, very healthy eater. I eat lots of fish, lots of vegetables, lots of fruit. I don't eat junk food. — Victoria Beckham
There are blessings in being close to the soil, in raising your own food even if it is only a garden in your yard and… — Ezra Taft Benson
The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the six Darshanas and… — Annie Besant
It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I… — Josh Billings
But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak… — Juliette Binoche
My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon… — Sara Blakely
Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead. — Erma Bombeck
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I pay a bit more than lip-service to health: I don't eat chips or pre-prepared food, and it might be a comedy sacrilege to admit… — Jo Brand
The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build… — Alvar Aalto

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