"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
My love is like a rose divided into two, the leaves I give to others,but the rose I give to you."
- Anonymous
"Even if love is full of thorns, I'd still embrace it for I know that in between those thorns, there is a rose that's worth all the pain."
- Anonymous
"If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our love would grow together,
In sad or sighing weather."
- Anonymous
"A rose is a symbol of my love for you. Its petals shine in beauty, its thorn show its pain."
- Anonymous
"Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared."
- Tupac Amaru Shakur
"Friends are the roses of life... pick them carefully and avoid the thorns!"
- Anonymous
"There may be many flowers in a man's life, but there is only one rose."
- Anonymous
"True love is not without pain, like that of thorns in your side. Yet love is like the rose in full bloom, beautiful and full of life."
- Anonymous
"Love is sweeter than any rose. Love pricks you far deeper than any thorn."
- Anonymous
"Love is like a rosebud, it can blossom fully, or it can die softly."
- Anonymous
"You can complain because a rose has thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have a rose."
- Anonymous
If you stand in front of a mirror with 11 roses, you'll see 12 of the most beautiful things in the world.