1. I would rather have roses on the table than diamonds on my neck. ——Goldman

2. Life is not all roses, there are also stinging thorns. ——Goncharov

3. If it is a rose, it will always bloom. ——Goethe

4. Let those who look at the rose also look at its thorns. ——Tagore

5. Roses are beautiful, but even more beautiful is the fragrance they contain. ——Shakespeare

6. Life is not full of roses, but sometimes the thorns on the road sting you. ——Balzac

7. Although a person can grow as beautiful as a rose, her beauty will eventually disappear one day. ——Swinburne

8. Live, believe me, don’t wait for tomorrow, pick the roses of life today. ——Lonza

9. What’s in the name itself? The flower we call a rose would smell just as sweet by any other name. ——Hugo

10. Human beings are plants that make thoughts blossom and bear fruit, just like roses blooming on a rose tree and apples on an apple tree. ——Antoine Faber Dorivi

11. The rich creation of the child’s soul compensates for the increasing poverty of the mother’s soul. Youth is like a rose, old age is like a crown of thorns.

——Hebrew