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every rose has its thorn

every rose has its thorn proverb: every good situation includes some aspect of misfortune or adversity.

Proverb

every rose has its thorn

  1. Every good situation includes some aspect of misfortune or adversity.
    • He is ſo good that there is no trouble in him, for that is the imperfection of all earthly good things, as there is a drop of honey, ſo there is a drop of gall; Every Roſe hath its thorn;1656, Anthony Burges, “Sermon XI: Treateth of Eternall Life in the Nature and Properties of it”, in CXLV Expoſitory Sermons Upon the whole 17th Chapter of the Gospel According to St. John, […]...
    • The Tryals you have had of thoſe things which the World dotes upon hath taught you to deſpiſe them, and you have found by experience that neither the endowments of Nature, nor the advantages of Fortune, are ſufficient for happineſs: that every Roſe hath its thorn,and there may be a Worm at the root...1677, Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man: or, The Nature and Excellency of the Chriſtian Religion, London: […] Charles Smith; William Jacob, pages 96-97
    Synonyms:
    there is no rose without a thorn

Examples of every rose has its thorn in a sentence

  • But every rose has its thorn, and the sharpest was yet to jab us.2014, Sophia Loren, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life, →ISBN, page 32:
  • However, every rose has its thorn, and alopecia universalisis no different.2014, Turney Hall, An Eagle Soars: One Man's Journey to Baldness, →ISBN:

Synonyms of every rose has its thorn

  • there is no rose without a thorn

Forms of every rose has its thorn

alternative formevery rose has a thorn

Questions about every rose has its thorn

What does every rose has its thorn mean?
Every rose has its thorn means every good situation includes some aspect of misfortune or adversity.
How do you use every rose has its thorn in a sentence?
But every rose has its thorn, and the sharpest was yet to jab us.
What part of speech is every rose has its thorn?
Every rose has its thorn is a proverb.

Words near every rose has its thorn in the dictionary

  1. every once in a while
  2. every one
  3. every other
  4. every point of the compass
  5. every rose has a thorn
  6. every rose has its thorn
  7. every rule has an exception
  8. every second
  9. every shut eye isn't asleep
  10. every silver lining has a cloud
  11. every single

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