A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
荆棘
Thorns
Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.
荆棘本身并不会伤害你——你是被荆棘刺痛了自己。
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
对花最敏感的心，总是最先被花的刺触及。
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life; the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
每走一步都应该让孩子接触到生活的真实体验;玫瑰花上的刺永远不应该拔掉。
I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on the shore. The fishes dried up and decayed.
我曾看到一只伯劳在荆棘上挣扎了好几个小时，那是渔民们扔到岸上的一些小鱼。鱼干了，腐烂了。