“But he who dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.”
“He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.”
“No rose without a thorn but many a thorn without a rose.”
“Know that a rose without thorns has never been plucked”
“No rose without a thorn. Yes, but many a thorn without a rose.”
“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.”