"Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed."
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"Conclusions which are merely verbal cannot bear fruit, only those do which are based on demonstrated fact. For affirmation and talk are deceptive and treacherous. Wherefore one must hold fast to facts in generalizations also, and occupy oneself with facts persistently, if one is to acquire that ready and infallible habit which we call "the art of medicine"."
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"Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit."
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"The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action."
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"Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit."
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"The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall."
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"Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money."
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"The worthiest people are the most injured by slander, as is the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at."
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"The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile."
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"Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet."
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"You can't change the fruit without changing the root."
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"Communism deprives no man of the ability to appropriate the fruits of his labour. The only thing it deprives him of is the ability to enslave others by means of such appropriations."
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"When a society is organized around that which is fitting in each realm, then peace, the fruit of justice, can flourish."
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"the ultimate in longevity is the Christmas fruitcake. It is a cake made during the holidays with fruits that make it heavier than the stove it is cooked in."
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"Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit."
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"Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground."
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"When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?"
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"Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship."
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"Both hurting and happiness make me feel more alive, but as I get older it seems that hurting's the low hanging fruit. So I pick it."
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"You know the type: loud as a motorbike but wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight."
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