The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You cannot show people only the petals and not the thorns. It's not fair to them.
How many thorns of human nature are bristling conceits, buds of promise grown sharp for want of congenial climate.
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.