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Roses fall, but the thorns remain.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about fall

Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.

Proverbs and old sayings German

A rose is a rose is a rose.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The bud becomes a rose and the rose a hip.

Proverbs and old sayings French

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek

There is no rose without thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Maltese

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival.

Proverbs and old sayings British about love

No rose is without thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The rose is a friend of the thorn.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

For the sake of the rose the thorn is watered too.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Gather rosebuds while you may.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about virtue, beauty, americans

He who plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

Proverbs and old sayings

He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.

Proverbs and old sayings

They did not find a fault in the rose, they said O! you are red checked.

Proverbs and old sayings

A sponge to wipe away the past; a rose to sweeten the present; a kiss to greet the future.

Proverbs and old sayings about kiss, present, future, past

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

One who would pick the roses must bear with the thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese