No rose without a thorn.
French proverb.
“A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on.”
“He who can lick can bite.”
“The price spoils the pleasure.”
“There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.”
“Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.”
“Between two stools one sits on the ground.”
“I think the highest forgiveness is to accept that creation is thoroughly tangled, with every possible quality given outlet for expression. People need to accept once and for all that there is only ...”
“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”