To us it had been no more than just some little spot with thorns, bushes and trees.

它本来对于我们不过是某块长着荆棘、灌木和乔木的小地方罢了。

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The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

懒惰人的道，像荆棘的篱笆；正直人的路，是平坦的大道。

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Truth, like the rose, is covered with thorns.

真理如玫瑰全身都是刺。

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Surrounded by a crude stockade, much of it topped with thorns, the hamlet is well defended against outside predators.

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You could literally (especially with good Thorns and steal) stand there in a crowd indefinitely with one, due to the amazing defense.

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Roses with their thorns stuck out everywhere, and the lilies, whose columnar stalks the girl had bunched at the center, shot up through the top of the bouquet like, like, like like insane trees towering above some insane world, he thought.

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