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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

I cow dod did know how him troat hole ton him wouldn't chance pear seed.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about chance

One who is free to sin, sins less; the very power weakens the seeds of sin.

Proverbs and old sayings about sin, power

Whoever sows alongside the road, tires the oxen and wastes seed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A full ear requires three good things: good time, good seeds and good hoeing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck, things, time

If you invest a lot but don't maintain it, you won't even harvest enough to re-seed.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

Break the soil when it's moist, plow with the warm weather, and do the seeding on time.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about weather, time

If you've seeded before a heavy rain, one out of one hundred of your plants will be out of line, but if you wait and seed later, one out of one hundred will take.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rain

When the wild pig’s running (inadvertently) crushes the seed shells, the wild birds celebrate.

Proverbs and old sayings