Fruit Quotes

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If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his… — Samuel Johnson
Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound, Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found. — Alexander Pope
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief. — Sigmund Freud
You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing… — Anton Chekhov
Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. Sow the same seeds of… — Charles Dickens
The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of… — A. S. Byatt
To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Quentin Crisp (to handsome young man on the street): "What's the matter, sexy? Don't you like dehydrated fruit? — Quentin Crisp
Where there is a rotten root, there will always be rotten fruit. We must be rooted in Jesus Christ. — Joyce Meyer
The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of decay in a fruit. — Graham Greene
The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. --The Fruit Hunters — Thomas Jefferson
Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know. — John Keats
Over the millennia the seed of stories planted in the fertile soil of bits and scraps of facts was watered by wishes and began to… — Terry Goodkind
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved. — William P. Young
Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. — Jimmy Carter
Sometimes it works out well, and certain household responsibilities fall naturally to those who like doing them. For example, my wife likes to pack suitcases,… — Paul Reiser
A few weeks later, I’m in a fluorescent-lit classroom in Chelsea awaiting the start of the official Mensa test. I’m sitting next to a guy… — A. J. Jacobs
Be generous in prosperity and thankful in adversity, Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk… — BahÃ¡'u'llÃ¡h
Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want… — Anais Nin
You can't eat the orange and throw the peel away - a man is not a piece of fruit. — Arthur Miller
It is said that in some countries trees will grow, but will bear no fruit because there is no winter there. — John Bunyan
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through… — Mahatma Gandhi
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by… — Mark Twain

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