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If you have planted a tree you must water it too.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

When pumpkins are watered, brinjals [small plants] also get watered.

Proverbs and old sayings

In the planting season visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about season, time

A plant loses its blossom as soon as it bears fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings

Anyone who plants a tree before they die has not lived in vain.

Proverbs and old sayings

Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spring, man

Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about bitter, patience

One generation plants trees, another gets the shade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

You won't help the new plants grow by pulling them up higher.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about help

When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

He who always eats the roots of a plant is capable of any thing.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about things

The one who plants the tree is not the one who will enjoy its shade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about time

If a man plants melons he will reap melons; if he sows beans, he will reap beans.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man

A watched flower never blooms, while a carelessly planted willow grows into shade.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden

A flower you plant may not necessarily bloom; but the seed of a tree you happen to drop may grow into a forest.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden

Love's plant must be watered with tears, and tended with care.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about tears, love

One generation plants the trees, the next eats the fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings

He who plants fruit-trees, must not count upon the fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Grow where you are planted.

Proverbs and old sayings English