he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
- he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree
Cf. 1577 J. GRANGE Golden Aphroditis M1 Who will the fruyte that haruest yeeldes, must take the payne.
1721 J. KELLY Scottish Proverbs 141 He that would eat the Fruit must climb the Tree.
1843 ‘R. CARLTON’ New Purchase I. xxiv. It is a proverb, ‘He that would eat the fruit must first climb the tree and get it’: but when that fruit is honey, he that wants it must first cut it down.
1970 V. CANNING Great Affair xiv. ‘Son, are you one of those who like to eat the fruit and then walk away from the tree?’ ‘I want to marry her.’
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