If you enjoy the fragrance of a rose, you must accept the thorns which it bears.

She is a rose, Jest. Lovely on the eyes, yes, but such thorns are not to be ignored.

I have brought you the rose of love, and you have crowned me, in these dark hours, with their thorns.

Pick the rose, not the thorns

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.