There are many colourful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.Proverbs and old sayings West African about flowers, life
If you lie upon roses when young, you will lie upon thorns when old.Proverbs and old sayings about lie, old, olderness
Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.Proverbs and old sayings German about happiness
Be bad to the bad; good to the good; be a flower to other flowers and a thorn to other thorns.Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about garden, flowers, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
For the sake of a single rose, the gardener becomes servant to a thousand thorns.Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan
Now the marriage begins, says the woman who has been beaten with thorns.Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about marriage, woman
If you lie upon roses when you're young, you'll lie upon thorns when you're old.Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about lie, old, olderness
If you are among the roses, your friends will look for you among the thorns.Proverbs and old sayings Swedish