Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.

—Turkish Proverb

Thought is the blossom; language the bud[蓓蕾]; action the fruit behind it.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist)

Ignorance is like a delicate fruit; touch it, and the bloom is gone.

—Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic)

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

—Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher)

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

—Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese born American philosophical Essayist, Novelist and Poet)

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

—Groucho Marx (American Comedian, Actor and Singer)

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

—Aristotle (Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician)

One is wise to cultivate the tree that bears fruit in our soul.

—Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher)

Truth is a fruit which should not be plucked[采摘] until it is ripe.

—Voltaire (French Philosopher and Writer)

Youve got to go out on a limb[分支] sometimes because thats where the fruit is.

—Will Rogers (American Entertainer)

Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German Playwright, Poet, Novelist and Dramatist)

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

—Henry David Thoreau (American Essayist, Poet and Philosopher)