Bitterness Quote by Francis Thompson

“The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To her who loved the rose.”

— Francis Thompson

“The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose’s scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose. —Francis…

— Ann Rule

The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

— William Shakespeare

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with…

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If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

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“If life is fair why does roses have thorns”

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Be like a rose which gives its fragrance, even to those who crushed it

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The morning rose, that untouched stands Armed with her briars, how sweet she smells! But plucked and strained through ruder hands, Her sweets no…

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“A rose’s beautiful scent is extracted only when it is crushed.”

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Fewer things are lovelier to me than a full-blown rose when it opens up its heart.

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O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it…

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