Thistles Quotes

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A man that hoards up riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that carries gold and eats thistles. — Richard Burton
The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he… — Henry Ward Beecher
I see, when I bend close, how each leaflet of a climbing rose is bordered with frost, the autumn counterpart of the dewdrops of summer… — Edwin Way Teale
What we sow in youth we reap in age; the seed of the thistle always produces the thistle. — James Thomas Fields
[Admiral Nelson's counsel] guided me time and again. On the eve of the critical battle of Santa Cruz, in which the Japanese ships outnumbered ours… — William Halsey
Gardens can be sharp and spiky as well as rose-embowered and honeysuckle-twined: there are corners and settings where thistles are not such an asinine taste… — Robin Lane Fox
Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken,… — Denzel Washington
A stroke of a man knocking a thistle top with a walking stick — John Arlott
Driving down the wrong road and knowing it, The fork years behind, how many have thought To pull up on the shoulder and leave the… — Damon Knight
Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile… — John Climacus
I want a dish to taste good, rather than to have been seethed in pig's milk and served wrapped in a rhubarb leaf with grated… — Kingsley Amis
Be thankful for the thorns and thistles, which keep you from being in love with this world, and becoming an idolater. — Charles Spurgeon
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind. — Teresa of Avila
Imagine your mind as a garden and thoughts as the seeds you plant. Habitual negative, unhealthy, self-critical thoughts produce the weeds and thistles of depression,… — Sue Thoele
I leave to children exclusively, but only for the life of their childhood, all and every the dandelions of the fields and the daisies thereof,… — Williston Fish
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and… — William Shakespeare
Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer… — Mary Howitt
Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man. — Teresa of Avila
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. — Abraham Lincoln

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