Not for no cold did ...

Not for no cold did freeze,
Nor any cloud beguile
Th\'eternal flowering spring
Not for no cold did freeze, Nor any cloud beguile Th'eternal flowering spring
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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.
 Naomi Oreskes
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
 Will Smith
The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
 William Howard Taft
I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.
 John Carlos

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The day of fortune is like a harvest day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe.
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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
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O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden's hold,--a thing soon done, for nature framed all women to be won.
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As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.
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Then amongst flowers and springs, Making delightful sport, Sat lovers without conflict, without flame
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