“You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
William Jennings Bryan
“But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.”
Anne Bronte
“He that scatters Thorns, let him not go barefoot”
Benjamin Franklin
“He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns”
English Proverb
“The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not”
Robert Green Ingersoll
“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.”
Bible
“Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.”