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

— Robert Frost

Home

All Quotes by Robert Frost

“I go to school the youth to learn the future.”

— Robert Frost

Future

“The artist in me cries out for design.”

— Robert Frost

Design

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

— Robert Frost

Age

“By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.”

— Robert Frost

Work

“Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.”

— Robert Frost

Men

“Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.”

— Robert Frost

Business

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

— Robert Frost

Work

“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

“A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.”

— Robert Frost

Society

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

— Robert Frost

Love

“Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.”

— Robert Frost

Life

“Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.”

— Robert Frost

Change

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

— Robert Frost

Wisdom

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

— Robert Frost

Change

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

— Robert Frost

Life

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

— Robert Frost

Poetry

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

— Robert Frost

Work

“If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does Russia.”

— Robert Frost

Great

“The best things and best people rise out of their separateness I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.”

— Robert Frost

Best

“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