Adam and Eve’s apple and many more fruits can be found in this collection of proverbs and quotes.
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I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house--she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
BibleSource: Song of Solomon 8:2
If an ox doesn't know the size of his arse he won't eat an apricot stone.
If heaven above lets fall a plum, open your mouth.
If heaven drops a date, open your mouth.
If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits?
Erma BombeckIf the prince wants an apple, his servants take the tree.
If there is no apple one eats a little carrot.
If tomatoes are technically a fruit, is ketchup a smoothie?
(unknown author)If you don't eat mangos that fall on the ground, be sure to be strong enough to pick ones on the tree.
If you had teeth of steel, you could eat iron coconuts.
If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.
George Bernard ShawIf you have figs in your knapsack, everyone will want to be your friend.
If you plant melons, you get melons; if you plant beans, you get beans.
If you want apples, you have to shake the trees.
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
Mao Tse-TungIf you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.
Andy TaylorIf you would enjoy the fruit, pluck not the flower.
In a tree that you can't climb, there are always a thousand fruits.
In August, the large masses of berries, which, when in flower, had attracted many wild bees, gradually assumed their bright velvety crimson hue, and by their weight again bent down and broke their tender limbs.
Henry David ThoreauIn every pomegranate a decayed pip is to be found.
In the cherry blossom's shade, there's no such thing as a stranger.
IssaIn the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and a wild man at the head.
It is only the fruit-laden tree that receives the shower of stones from passersby.
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
Henry David ThoreauIt is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink.
It is the fool whose own tomatoes are sold to him.
It was like a species of the Tamarind tree, bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!
Prophet EnochAbout the tree of knowledge.
It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
Lewis GrizzardKent, sir --- everybody knows Kent --- apples, cherries, hops, and women.
Charles DickensKnowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Late fruit keeps well.
Leaves enough, but few grapes.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Kahlil GibranLike a cucumber versus a durian.
This refers to the struggle between the weak and the strong. The strong (i.e. the durian) will always win.Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.
N.D. SticeLike grape, like bud. Like father, like son.
Little by little grow the bananas.
Looking at a tree see its fruit; looking at a man see his deeds.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Mother TeresaLove is often the fruit of marriage.
Lower your head modestly while passing and you will harvest bananas.
Man is like a banana: when he leaves the bunch, he gets skinned.
Mango among fruits, pork among meats, tea among leaves.
Mangosteen is the Queen of Fruits.
Many a rose-cheeked apple is rotten at the core.
Many flowers, few fruits.
Marriage is a little bit like buying melons, you need a little luck.
Maybe God created the desert so that man could appreciate the date trees.
Paulo CoelhoSource: The Alchemist
Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit.
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