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Thorns Quotes

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Marianne Moore (2016). “Observations: Poems”, p.39, Macmillan

Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1994). “Aphorisms”, Ariadne Press (CA)

The road to freedom is full of thorns and fire, yet happy is he who follows it!

Goddy Emeka Ejiofor, Aminu Kano (2002). “Mallam Aminu Kano: a political phenomenon”

Life is full of paradoxes, as roses are of thorns.

Fernando Pessoa (2010). “The Book of Disquiet”, p.305, Profile Books

There is no rose without thorns.

Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.

Isaac Watts (1743). “Horæ Lyricæ: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, in Three Books, Sacred : I. To Devotion and Piety, II. To Virtue, Honour and Friendship, III. To the Memory of the Dead”, p.7

Do not be tempted by English roses. Their beauty fades, but their thorns are forever.

Libba Bray (2010). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.55, Simon and Schuster