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Robert Frost

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Robert Frost (1874–1963) was an American poet known for his realistic depictions of rural New England life and his command of colloquial speech. Four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Frost is among the most popular and critically acclaimed poets in American history. Lines from poems like "The Road Not Taken" have become part of the cultural fabric.

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“I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.”

— Robert Frost

Fear

All Quotes by Robert Frost

“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.”

— Robert Frost

Life

“The brain is a wonderful organ it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.”

— Robert Frost

Morning

“To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.”

— Robert Frost

Work

“The only certain freedom's in departure.”

— Robert Frost

Freedom

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”

— Robert Frost

Home

“Education is hanging around until you've caught on.”

— Robert Frost

Education

“A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.”

— Robert Frost

Legal

“I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.”

— Robert Frost

Sports

“If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.”

— Robert Frost

Freedom

“The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.”

— Robert Frost

Work

“Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.”

— Robert Frost

Great

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”

— Robert Frost

Life

“I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.”

— Robert Frost

Alone

“Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.”

— Robert Frost

Art

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.”

— Robert Frost

Happiness

“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”

— Robert Frost

Wisdom

“The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism it's egotism.”

— Robert Frost

Work

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.”

— Robert Frost

Poetry

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”

— Robert Frost

Love

“To be social is to be forgiving.”

— Robert Frost

Forgiveness