1. “Rose never propagandize its fragrant, but its own fragrance spreads surrounding.” ― Sukarno
2. “The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” ― Kahlil Gibran
3. “No rose without a thorn.” ― French Proverb
4. “True love is like little roses, sweet, fragrant in small doses. – Ana Claudia Antunes
5. “Truths and roses have thorns about them.” ― Henry David Thoreau
6. “When life throws thorns, hunt for roses.” ― Anonymous
7. “Life is like a rose garden – Watch for the thorns and keep the pest dust handy” – Anonymous
8. “A rose, isn’t quite as beautiful as it once was, when after its thorn pricks you.” ― Anthony Liccione
9. “A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses.” ― Chinese Proverb
10. “You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, but the scent of the roses will hang round it still.” ― Thomas Moore
11. “Roses fall, but the thorns remain.” ― Dutch Proverb
12. “If the rose is beautiful flower, it is also because it opens itself.” ― Charles De Leusse
13. “A rose’s rarest essence lives in the thorn.” ― Rumi
14. “Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.” ― Anonymous
15. “The rose is fairest when its budding new, and hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.” ― Sir Walter Scott
16. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” ― Abraham Lincoln
17. “A relationship is like a rose. How long it lasts, no one knows.” ― Rob Cella
18. “This love is the rose that blooms forever.” ― Rumi
19. “A life filled with love, must have some thorns, but a life empty of love will have no roses.” ― Anonymous
20. “A woman is like a rose…If you take good care of her, you will see love blossom.” ― Anonymous
21. “The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.” ― Saadi
22. “The world is a rose, smell it, and pass it to your friends.” ― Persian Proverb
23. “Love and a red rose can’t be hid.” ― Thomas Holcroft
24. “The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.” ― John Boyle O’Reilly
25. “A life with love must have some thorns, but a life with no love will have no roses.” ― Anonymous
26. “Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” ― Alphonse Karr
27. “A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.” ― Leo Buscaglia
28. “Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.” ― Anonymous
29. “A rose dreams of enjoying the company of bees, but none appears. The sun asks: ‘Aren’t you tired of waiting?’ ‘Yes,’ answers the rose, ‘but if I close my petals, I will wither and die.” ― Paulo Coelho
30. “My love is like a rose divided into two, the leaves I give to others, but the rose I give to you.” ― Anonymous
31. “One rose is enough for the dawn.” ― Edmond Jabes
32. “Real beauty is in the fragility of your petals. A rose that never wilts isn’t a rose at all.” ― Crystal Woods
33. “Where, you tend a rose, my lad, a thistle cannot grow.” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett
34. “Take time to smell the roses.” ― Proverb
35. “True friendship is like a rose, we don’t realize its beauty until it fades.” ― Anonymous
36. “What a lovely thing a rose is!” – Arthur Conan Doyle
37. “A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.” ― Chinese Proverb
38. “If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.” ― Isaac Hayes
39. “Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.” ― Turkish Proverb
40. “When love came first to earth, the Spring Spread rose-beds to receive him.” ― Thomas Campbell
41. “Roses are red, violets are blue, I’ll never love someone the way I love you.” ― Anonymous
42. “Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense.” ― Mark Overby
43. “If I had a rose for every time I thought of you, I’d be picking roses for a lifetime.” ― Swedish Proverb
44. “When love came first to earth, the Spring spread rose beds to receive him.”
45. “Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.” ― W. Somerset Maugham
