Top Thorn Quotes

A rose, isn't quite as beautiful as it once was, when after its thorn pricks you.

The loveliest roses sometimes bear the ugliest thorns.

Thorn Definition

(n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

(n.) Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Crataegus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

(n.) Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

(n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.

(v. t.) To prick, as with a thorn.

When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns.

Sometimes the purpose of the rose is simply to draw attention to the rose.

Anyone can love a rose, but only a saint can love its thorns.

Stars do not hide from darkness. Roses do not hide from thorns. Diamonds do not hide from pressure.

Only when your love of roses is greater than your fear of thorns can you grow a beautiful garden.

A rose, no matter how beautiful, still has to contend with thorns.

A flower in a desert still has no reason to envy a thorn in a rainforest.

Opportunities, like roses, come with a beautiful fragrance, but also with thorns.

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The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decision we've made.