Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
Aromatic plants bestowno spicy fragrance while they grow;b

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

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