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Thorns Quotes
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
Kahlil Gibran

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Francis Quarles

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
Thomas Moore

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
Ellen Key

He wanted to play accordion on something of mine and I said you can play accordion, but I want you to play piano and organ on some stuff. He came over a couple times a week for two weeks and gave me therapy as to whether I should do The Thorns or not.
Matthew Sweet

I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.
John Bachman

If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
Isaac Hayes

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Voltaire

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
Kahlil Gibran

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.
Hugh Miller

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Alphonse Karr

The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
Rabindranath Tagore

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.
Washington Irving

The motto was "Pax," but the word was set in a circle of thorns.
Rumer Godden

The profession of the writer has its thorns about which the reader does not dream.
Henryk Sienkiewicz

There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
Gerald Massey

There's no dearth of kindness in this world of ours; Only in our blindness we gather thorns for flowers.
Grantland Rice

Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Henry David Thoreau






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