“There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe”
Publilius Syrus
“To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still”
Oscar Wilde
“WITHOUT the flowers, the plant yields no fruit. Without the emerging fruit, ripeness cannot happen.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.”
Paul Klee
“How do you know when the fruit is ripe? - Simple: When it leaves the branch”
Andre Gide
“When the fox cannot reach the grapes he says they are not ripe”
Greek proverb
“The time is not ripe. But we do not rule out the possibility in the future.”
Xiao Wunan