Famous quotes containing the word reap:
“Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil.”
—Chinese proverb.
“...the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.”
—Bible: New Testament, 2 Corinthians 9:6.
“Like a tale of little meaning though the words are strong;
Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil,
Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil,
Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil;
Till they perish and they suffer—some, ‘tis
whispered—down in hell”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)