<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382910" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Thorn That Grows</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The thorn that grows beside the rose<br>can let its prick be felt.<br>It also is a sharp reminder<br>of the pain that can be dealt<br>to the lover of beauty<br>that takes no care<br>to adore the rose<br>but not beware.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">For all the beauty in the world<br>lies side by side with pain.<br>And all the glories of what you love<br>cannot always remain.<br>I do not languish myself with pity<br>nor do I live with pride.<br>But to live in fear of pain that comes<br>is to believe that beauty has died.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The thorn that grows protects the rose<br>as love protects the heart.<br>But if the thorn is missing<br>might not the rose depart?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edwina+Reizer">Edwina Reizer</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=382910" data-title="The Thorn That Grows de Edwina Reizer" data-description="The thorn that grows beside the rose can let its prick be felt. It also is a sharp reminder of the pain that can be dealt to the lover of beauty that takes no care to adore the rose but not beware. For all the beauty in the world lies side by sid..."></div> </div> </div>

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