Thorns

Synonyms

thorn prickle pricker spine sticker nettles stickleback

Phrases with the word

and crown of thorns crown of thorns and they put it Whaley Thorns bed of thorns black thorns devil's thorns

Examples

Even though one is well advanced in virtue, should he stop mortifying himself, he soon would lose his modesty and virtue - just as fertile soul quickly becomes dry and arid and produces nothing but thorns and thistles if it is not cultivated. John Climacus

There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers. Gerald Massey

Truths and roses have thorns about them. Henry David Thoreau

Не that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. English Proverb

And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses. English Proverb

The cost is high of the honey that must be licked from thorns. Dutch Proverb