every rose has its thorn
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
11
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Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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;"
- "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 of the faireſt Gourd, ſome ſecret and undiſcerned grief which may make a perſon deſerve the pity of thoſe who perhaps do admire or envy their ſuppoſed felicity:"
- "Bill—just remember every rose has it's ^([sic]) thorn and you have Lee King."
- "But every rose has its thorn, and the sharpest was yet to jab us."
- "However, every rose has its thorn, and alopecia universalisis no different."
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there is no rose without a thorn