Flowers are the pledge of fruit.
Meaning: Beautiful beginnings promise productive outcomes, so nurture promising signs carefully for future abundance.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
More proverbs about Wisdom
- The foremost dog catches the hare. — Speed and initiative win the prize; those who act first gain advantage over competitors.
- Change of fortune is the lot of life. — Life's circumstances shift unpredictably, so neither prosperity nor hardship remains perm…
- Better a fortune in her than on her. — A woman's character and intelligence matter more than her physical appearance or material…
- Foul hands befoul all they touch. — Moral corruption spreads through contact, tainting everything and everyone a person influ…
- Four farthings and a thimble make a tailor's pocket jingle. — A tailor's meager earnings remind us that even small accumulations of modest wealth deser…
- The fox knows much, but more he that catcheth him. — The cunning schemer is ultimately undone by someone possessing even greater intelligence…
From our tongue twisters
- Liesje leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindelaan. — Eight consecutive l-words, with the vowel behind the l changing every time.
- なまむぎ なまごめ なまたまご (Nama mugi, nama gome, nama tamago) — A nimble warm-up for the Japanese 'na / ma / ge' syllables.
- Pablito clavó un clavito, ¿qué clavito clavó Pablito? — A bouncy drill on the 'cl' cluster.