“He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.” ~Persian Proverb
“Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.” ~Mark Overby
“Truths and roses have thorns about them.” ~Henry David Thoreau
Verses:
“Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud;
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun,
And loathsome canker lies in sweetest bud.
All men make faults.” ~William Shakespeare
“’Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone” ~Thomas More
