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• He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. Arab Proverb
• He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
  -- Pilpay (or Bidpai) -- The Ignorant Physician, Chap. iii, Fable viii...
• He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower. -- Mary Howi
• Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame, a grave to rest in, and a fading name.
  -- William Winte...
• Digiterata: RETAIN BACKUPS TO SHIELD YOU DURING THE RAINS OF WINTER.
  BUT DO NOT DISTRESS YOURSELF WITH IMAGININGS OF POWER FAILURES YET TO COME....
• Everything's coming up roses.
• Life is just a bed of roses.
• Roses are red; violets are not.
• Standing pools gather filth. -- Proverb