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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...
• Have the florist send some roses to Mrs Upjohn and write 'Emily I love you' on the back of the bill.
• You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, nor can you enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
  -- Benjamin Frankli...
• Roses are red; Violets are blue. I'm schizophrenic, And so am I.
• Whaddya have to DO to get kicked out of Guns 'N Roses?
• Those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.
• I don't need a bed of roses, cuz roses wither away.
• Lean too much on the approval of people, and it becomes a bed of thorns. -- Tehyi Hsieh