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Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn

One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner