proverb · Words worth keeping
Everyone stones the tree that bears fruit.
Everyone stones the tree that bears fruit.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
A fruit-bearing tree stoned by everyone pictures productive or valuable things receiving unwanted attention. The saying links benefit with pressure or attack.
What the words are saying
The precise traditional application is unverified, and the image does not establish why the stones are thrown. A qualified reading can consider burdens attached to visible success without assuming all criticism is envy or that achievement excuses harmful conduct. No tree-handling method is supplied.
Everyday example
A reader distinguishes fair criticism from unfair pressure rather than assuming every objection proves jealousy.
When to use it
Use it only as a qualified attention-and-value image.
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What it does not mean
No universal hostility toward achievement or verified traditional rationale is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Mexico
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 216; PDF page 26; collection label: Mexico
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- Mexico