What does it mean?
Our choices often come back to us as the consequences of what we did.
Closest English saying: You reap what you sow.
What does it literally say?
Ό,τι σπείρεις θα θερίσεις
Óti spíris tha therísis
“Whatever you sow, you will reap.”
The farming image links sowing with harvest, and behaviour with its result.
How is it used?
«Αν στηρίξεις τους άλλους, ίσως σε στηρίξουν κι εκείνοι. Ό,τι σπείρεις θα θερίσεις.»
“If you support others, they may support you too. Whatever you sow, you will reap.”
Where does it come from?
Greek folk and proverbial usage. The figurative reading does not prove a specific original etymology.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗