he who plants thorns should not expect to gather roses
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1883 J. PLATT Piatt’s Essays 49 He has got it into his head, with Pope, that ‘Man never is, but always to be, blest.’ This view of life must be reversed. Men must realize that ‘he that plants thorns will not gather roses.’
1971 D. FLAKSER Marxism, Ideology and Myths 205 The means to the end tend to block the full realization of the end. ‘He who plants thorns should not expect to gather roses.’
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