| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Rose |
| | | An onion will not produce a rose. Latin. | 1 |
| Among thorns, grow roses. | 2 |
Brief, while the rose doth bloom gather it straight;
No rose, but thorns, remain for those who wait. | 3 |
| Every rose has its thorn. Italian. | 4 |
| For the rose the thorn is often plucked. | 5 |
| Gather the rose and leave the thorn behind. | 6 |
| He who would gather roses must not fear thorns. Dutch. | 7 |
| No house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn. German. | 8 |
| Not every one may pluck roses. | 9 |
| Pluck the rose, and leave the thorns. Italian. | 10 |
| Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom. German. | 11 |
| Roses fall but the thorns remain. Dutch. | 12 |
| Roses have thorns. | 13 |
Soon fades the rose, once past the fragrant hour,
The loiterer finds a bramble for a flower. Dr. Johnson, from the Greek. | 14 |
| Strew no roses before swine. Dutch. | 15 |
| The bud becomes a rose, and the rose a hip. French. | 16 |
| The faded rose no suitor knows. | 17 |
| The fairest rose at last is withered. | 18 |
| The rose is queen. German. | 19 |
| The roses fall and the thorns remain. Italian. | 20 |
| There are more thistles than roses. German. | 21 |
| Under the thorn grow the roses. German. | 22 |
You may break, you may shatter the vase as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. Moore. | 23 | | |
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