Aromatic plants bestow no ...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush\'d or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.
Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.
 Oliver Goldsmith

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We are in a survival mentality, and that's hard-wired into our humanity, because we are the winners of an evolutionary struggle of millions and millions and millions of years.
 John Shelby Spong
I've always come back from adversity, and I've always had the mentality of proving people wrong.
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I like to challenge hitters with a 'Here it is, hit it,' mentality. It's definitely a big part of my game, especially when I get in situations where I need it. I usually save a little bit so it's there for me.
 Justin Verlander
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.
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Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
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As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.
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Silence is become his mother tongue.
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Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair.
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