The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.
The flower which is single need not envy the thorns that are numerous.
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Jack Thorne writes so well for messed-up teenage girls.
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.
Honesty whispers, "Don't get pricked by the thorns of lie.
Mens videt astra. (The soul sees the stars.)
Dark times call for dark choices. Choose me.
I loved and lost and survived.
I have rose-colored glasses. The frames have thorns.
I don't think I'm a thorn in the industry, I'm just another part of it.
The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.
I never found either this or the Northern Shrike return to such prey for food. I have seen them alight on the same thorn bush afterwards, but never made any use of this kind of food.
Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.
If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.
Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh.
Father Brennan: He must DIE, Mr. Thorn!
Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.
