“He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one;Exceedingly wise, fair-spoken and persuading;Lofty and sour to them that loved him not;But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.”
William Shakespeare
“The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.”
“There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe”
Publilius Syrus
“If you trap the moment before it's ripe, The tears of repentance you'll certainly wipe; But if once you let the ripe moment go, You can never wipe off the tears of woe”
William Blake
“When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.”
Ray Kroc
“As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.”
“Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?”
