Forced fruits fail in flavour.
Meaning: Artificial acceleration of growth produces inferior results lacking the quality time naturally develops.
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
- Eaten bread is soon forgotten. — Past favors fade from memory unless gratitude is cultivated and reinforced through contin…
- Friday's sail, sure to fail. — Sailors who depart on Friday face unpredictable winds and treacherous seas, making ventur…
- Frugality is an estate. — Living modestly and saving wisely accumulates wealth as surely as inheriting land.
- One flower makes no garland. — Individual efforts lack impact; collective contribution creates something meaningful and…
- Gold alone makes not prosperity. — Material wealth without other resources—health, relationships, knowledge—cannot sustain g…
- Gold dust blinds all eyes. — Wealth's allure corrupts judgment, making people unable to see truth or act morally.
From our idioms
- Ne pas être grand clerc — Not to be much of an expert — used to say that no expertise is needed to see something.
- Déménager à la cloche de bois — To do a moonlight flit, leaving without paying the rent.
- Rater le coche — To miss an opportunity through being too slow.