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• The only rose without thorns is friendship.
• There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the thorns.
  -- Pilpay (or Bidpai) -- The Two Travellers, Chap. ii, Fable vi...
• The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.
  Kahlil Gibra...
• But ne'er the rose without the thorn. -- Robert Herrick (1591-1674) -- The Rose
• You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, nor can you enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
  -- Benjamin Frankli...
• A rose is a rose is a rose.... ----'--,-{@
• Some people think only intellect counts: knowing how to solve problems, knowing how to get by, knowing how to identify an advantage and seize it.
  But the functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy....
• Love is a rose, but you'd better not pick it. It only grows when it's on the vine.