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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.

“I always entertain great hopes.”

— Robert Frost

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

— Robert Frost

Home

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

— Robert Frost

Legal

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

— Robert Frost

Poetry

“I always entertain great hopes.”

— Robert Frost

Great

“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

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

— Robert Frost

Work

“The only certain freedom's in departure.”

— Robert Frost

Freedom

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

— Robert Frost

Work

“To be social is to be forgiving.”

— Robert Frost

Forgiveness

“The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.”

— Robert Frost

Family

“A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone.”

— 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

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

— Robert Frost

Fear

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

— Robert Frost

Education

“There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.”

— Robert Frost

Great

“It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.”

— Robert Frost

Funny

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

— Robert Frost

Great

“Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.”

— Robert Frost

Change

“Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.”

— Robert Frost

Poetry

“A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.”

— Robert Frost

Love