Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
Grumbling is the death of love.
Roses are my favourite flower, and my mum always grew a lot of them.
My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns.
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
I can't pass a plant stall without feeling I must have one. But my greatest extravagance, I suppose, is roses. We've got masses.
Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power.
Some people are near- or farsighted - I'm thorn-sighted. The thorns on the rose are in really sharp definition for me, the rose petals a little fuzzier.
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