every rose has its thorn

English

Alternative forms

• every rose has a thorn

Proverb

every rose has its thorn

1. Every good situation happens with misfortune or adversity.
   • 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,  […], London:  […] Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, page 57:

     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;

   • 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:

     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:

   • 2011, Lee King, Bill Christian Private Investigator in: The Yadkin River Werewolf Case, →ISBN:

     Bill—just remember every rose has it's ^[sic] thorn and you have Lee King.

   • 2014, Sophia Loren, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life, →ISBN, page 32:

     But every rose has its thorn, and the sharpest was yet to jab us.

   • 2014, Turney Hall, An Eagle Soars: One Man's Journey to Baldness, →ISBN:

     However, every rose has its thorn, and alopecia universalisis no different.

Synonyms

• there is no rose without a thorn
• every silver lining has a cloud

See also

• every cloud has a silver lining