As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
“I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys, as a lily among thorns.” This is a plain declaration that virtues are surrounded by the thorns of spiritual wickedness, so that no one can gather the fruit who does not approach with caution.