#seed

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. ↗

— Aesop

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To see things in the seed, that is genius. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Your heart is full of fertile seeds, waiting to sprout. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

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I don't start a piece knowing exactly what effect it's going to have. There is a seed of an idea that I could never articulate, right at the beginning of the piece, literally like one cell. ↗

— Siobhan Davies

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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. ↗

— Bette Davis

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In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. ↗

— William Blake

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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream. ↗

— Debby Boone

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