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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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Damon Knight
- Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue -… — 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… — 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