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• To sow schools is to reap men. -- Fidel Castro
• He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes xi, 4...
• You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
• If you sow your wild oats, hope for a crop failure.
• REAP Formerly used in descriptions of agriculture, "reap" is now almost exclusively found in bad retail advertising campaigns, eg "We've cut prices so you reap the benefits!
  houted by manic announcers over footage of crazed shoppers smashing in doors....
• The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow.
  The same is true of money. -- Augustine's Law Number I -- Norman R....
• They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. -- Old Testament -- Hosea viii, 7
• Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
  -- Thomas Paine...
• Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -- New Testament -- Galatians vi, 7